Serbian Church Magazines about the Organization of Communism, Expansion and Operation in the Kingdom of SHS/Yugoslavia (1920–1940) Cover Image

Српски црквени часописи о организацији, ширењу и дјеловању комунизма у Краљевини СХС/Југославији (1920–1940)
Serbian Church Magazines about the Organization of Communism, Expansion and Operation in the Kingdom of SHS/Yugoslavia (1920–1940)

Author(s): Nebojša Malešević
Subject(s): Politics and communication, Politics and religion, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), History of Communism, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: communism; Serbian Church magazines; the Kingdom of SHS / Yugoslavia

Summary/Abstract: The primary intention of the paper is to show Communism organization, expansion and operation followed by Serbian Church magazines between 1920 and 1940 in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes / Yugoslavia. The author, will by analyzing all available and the relevant church newspapers from that period show how the Serbian Church magazines reacted to Communism. Special attention will be paid to the organization, expansion and (secret) action of the Communists since the founding of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPY) and the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) until the beginning of World War II. Communism, at the time, was a new political philosophy which was developed as a child of socialism versus capitalism. Communism slowly came to the scene of the new state which was founded after World War I. Communism using the still young, economically weaken, and we can say insufficiently organized, multinational and multi-religious Kingdom, slowly, with a great discipline of his supporters and good organization expanded its field of action. In this paper, we will talk about it, whether, and how, Serbian church magazine recognized organization and expansion of the new political thinking and how it commented on itture.

  • Issue Year: XLI/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 407-423
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian