THE RELIGIOUS CHANGES OF THE POSTCOMMUNIST BALKAN SOCIETIES
THE RELIGIOUS CHANGES OF THE POSTCOMMUNIST BALKAN SOCIETIES
Author(s): Veronica IONSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Politics and religion, History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: religious changes; Balkan societies; religious revitalization; communism;
Summary/Abstract: Radical social changes that have undergone in recent decades of European countries have been accompanied by radical religious changes. Thus, the relation between religion and other components of social life took a different path in the former communist European countries and those who were not part of the communist bloc. Hence, we can see a strong contrast between countries in the north-western and south-east part of Europe, with regard to the public and private religious participation, the arrangements of the recruitment of clergy, the quality of parishioners and the global influence of the main churches.
Journal: Revista de Științe Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 36
- Page Range: 119-127
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English