Spaces and Borders
Description
People observe and transgress religious borders when they relate with faith and other faiths, when they shape communities, when they make decisions. A group of researchers have joined an inquiry into the forces of religious closure and openness in present-day Central and Eastern Europe.
The volume is a result of a research community constituted within the REVACERN project - Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network, supported by the 6th framework program of the European Union. Chapters are structured in three sections, focusing on individual experiences of religion and spirituality, on religious elites, and on the interaction of religion with politics. Sociology, political science and history are triangulated to render a clear understanding of the individual experiences of religion and secularity, and of the strategic choices of religious and political elites, taking readers along an exploration of religious identity and otherness.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Persons
Content
Pages I-IV
Table of Contents
Pages V-VI
Introduction
MÁTÉ-TÓTH, ANDRÁS / RUGHINIS, COSIMA
Pages 1-4
Experiencing Religion
The Vague Borders of New Age. Methodological Comparison of Studies Concerning New Age in Central and Eastern Europe
FELEKY, GÁBOR ATTILA
Pages 7-22
Values and Ethnicity - Religious Conversions of Roma in Eastern Slovakia to the Watchtower Society
HRUSTIC, TOMÁS
Pages 23-32
The Negotiation of Borders between "Religion" and "Spirituality". The Case of the Czech Spiritual Milieu
ONDRASINOVÁ, MICHAELA
Pages 33-48
ISKCON Folk Devils Fight Back. The Dynamics of Counter-Stigmatization Strategy
SMOCZYNSKI, RAFAL
Pages 49-62
Strategies of Religious Elites
Muslims, Bosnians and Bosniaks Shaped among Sarajevo, Sandzak and Belgrade
CETIN, ÖNDER
Pages 65-80
Acculturation of Hinduism and the Czech Traditions of Yoga. From Freedom to Totality and Back Again
FUDA, MILAN
Pages 81-102
The Interaction between Orthodox Church and State in Post-Soviet Russia. Identifying the Borders of Political Development
MINZARARI, DUMITRU
Pages 103-116
Clericalization of Nationalism. Interpreting the Religious Rivalry between Serbian and Montenegrin Orthodox Churches, 1989-2009
SÍSTEK, FRANTISEK
Pages 117-130
Religion and Politics
Freedom of Religion in the Baltic States: Sociological and Legal Analysis
ALISAUSKIENE, MILDA
Pages 133-150
What Do We Want from Religion? Religiosity and Social Expectations in Central and Eastern Europe
ANCIC, BRANKO
Pages 151-168
Confronting Religion with National Pride Values: Comparative Evidence from Eastern and Western Europe
CEBOTARI, VICTOR
Pages 169-206
Attitudes towards National Identity and National Values among Polish Catholic Youth
HALL, DOROTA
Pages 207-220
Religious Determinants of Democratic Values
RADU, BOGDAN MIHAI
Pages 221-234
Political Secularity of Religious People in European Countries
RUGHINIS, COSIMA
Pages 235-250
Quasi-Religious Character of the Hungarian Right-Wing Radical Ideology. An International Comparison
SZILÁGYI, TAMÁS
Pages 251-264
List of Contributors
Pages 265-270
Index of Objects
Pages 271-278
