: András Máté-Tóth, Cosima Rughinis
: Spaces and Borders Current Research on Religion in Central and Eastern Europe
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110228144
: Religion and SocietyISSN
: 1
: CHF 117.30
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: Allgemeines, Lexika
: English
: 284
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< >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. 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.

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< >András Máté-Tóth, University of Szeged, Hungary;Cosima Rughiniş /STRONG>, University of Bucharest, Romania.
Table of Contents6
Introduction8
Experiencing Religion12
The Vague Borders of New Age14
Values and Ethnicity – Religious Conversions of Roma in Eastern Slovakia to the Watchtower Society30
The Negotiation of Borders between “Religion” and “Spirituality”40
ISKCON Folk Devils Fight Back. The Dynamics of Counter-Stigmatization Strategy56
Strategies of Religious Elites70
Muslims, Bosnians and Bosniaks Shaped among Sarajevo, Sandžak and Belgrade72
Acculturation of Hinduism and the Czech Traditions of Yoga88
The Interaction between Orthodox Church and State in Post-Soviet Russia110
Clericalization of Nationalism124
Religion and Politics138
Freedom of Religion in the Baltic States: Sociological and Legal Analysis140
What Do We Want from Religion? Religiosity and Social Expectations in Central and Eastern Europe158
Confronting Religion with National Pride Values: Comparative Evidence from Eastern and Western Europe176
Stereotypes and Prejudices in Media on Religious “Others”: The Case of Islam198
Attitudes towards National identity and National Values among Polish Catholic Youth214
Religious Determinants of Democratic Values228
Political Secularity of Religious People in European Countries242
Quasi-Religious Character of the Hungarian Right-Wing Radical Ideology258
List of Contributors272
Index of Objects278