RELIGION(S) AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
RELIGION(S) AND IDENTITY POLITICS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the use of religion in identity politics by various political actors in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 20th century. Religion was crucial in identity politics as the primary marker distinguishing different groups. Still, the specific social contexts and controversies of particular identity politics and (un)intended consequences played a more critical role. To shed light on these processes in various periods, the author relies on secondary sources and predominantly research of authors who adopted a critical perspective towards grand narratives about identity and focused more on external markers of religiosity. By elaborating these insights chronologically, the article counterweights the grand narrative of eternal conflicts based on the alleged homogenous identities, which still circulate in B&H society’s public sphere.

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