Overview
- Thematically organized around the themes of Nationalism, Conservatism, Homophobia, and Religious Intolerance
- Includes a chapter dedicated to the problem of anti-Semitism in Serbia
- Based on original primary research from a diverse group of contributors in European Studies, Politics, International Relations, Theology, History, etc
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy (PSRPP)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Orthodox Churches, like most religious bodies, are inherently political: they seek to defend their core values and must engage in politics to do so, whether by promoting certain legislation or seeking to block other legislation. This volume examines the politics of Orthodox Churches in Southeastern Europe, emphasizing three key modes of resistance to the influence of (Western) liberal values: Nationalism (presenting themselves as protectors of the national being), Conservatism (defending traditional values such as the “traditional family”), and Intolerance (of both non-Orthodox faiths and sexual minorities). The chapters in this volume present case studies of all the Orthodox Churches of the region.
Reviews
“Sabrina Ramet has assembled an impressive list of world-class authors, whose work has informed the scholarly understanding of Orthodox communities in diverse contemporary settings. Here, with striking revelations, they move the discussion from the familiar terrain of ethnoreligious politics of identity into an in-depth consideration of the uncharted, problematic exclusion of the ethnic and sexual other.” (Andrii Krawchuk, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Sudbury, Canada)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), in Trondheim, Norway. Born in London, Great Britain, she earned her Ph.D. in Political Science at UCLA in 1981 and moved to Norway in 2001. She is the author of 14 books, including, most recently, Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe: Collectivist visions of modernity (Central European University Press, 2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Orthodox Churches and Politics in Southeastern Europe
Book Subtitle: Nationalism, Conservativism, and Intolerance
Editors: Sabrina P. Ramet
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24139-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24138-4Published: 01 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24141-4Published: 01 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24139-1Published: 18 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2731-6769
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6777
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 267
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Society, Politics and Religion, European Politics, Sociology of Religion, Christianity