Contemporary religious patterns in the Carpatho–Pannonian area
Contemporary religious patterns in the Carpatho–Pannonian area

Summary/Abstract: The area between the Carpathians, Alps and Dinaric Ranges is religiously the most diverse macroregion of the contemporary Europe. This region has to be considered the scene of competition between Western and Eastern Christianity since the 9th century. The religious patterns closely connected with the natural and social environment (mainly with the ethnic structure) were radically changed during the last century. In the second half of 20th century an abrupt change occurred in the religious structure of the population, when secularisation accelerated during the atheistic, anticlerical communist period. Following the collapse of the communist totalitarian regime a trend of slowing down secularisation and considerable religious revival has been observed. This paper outlines the main changes and the present state of the religious spatial structure of the population in the Carpatho – Pannonian area during the post-communist period.

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