Transformations of Religiosity

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-6

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2. Introduction – Transformations of Religiosity in Central and Eastern Europe Twenty Years after the Breakdown of Communism

   • Gert Pickel, Kornelia Sammet

   Pages 7-20

3. The Religious Factor in Eastern Europe – Theoretical Considerations on Emergent Forms of Secularized Religion

   • Friedrich Fürstenberg

   Pages 21-28

4. Europeanisation, Multiple Modernities and Religion – The Reconstruction of Collective Identities in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe

   • Willfried Spohn

   Pages 29-50

5. The Modernisation of Gender Relations and Religion: Comparative Analysis of Secularization Processes

   • Kornelia Sammet, Daniel Bergelt

   Pages 51-68

6. Religious Social Capital in Europe Connections between Religiosity and Civil Society

   • Gert Pickel, Anja Gladkich

   Pages 69-94

7. Religiosity and Political Values in Central and Eastern Europe

   • Gergely Rosta

   Pages 95-110

8. Secularization of Electoral Behavior? The State-Church Cleavage in Europe

   • Susanne Pickel

   Pages 111-134

9. Religiosity and Bonding to the Church in East Germany in Eastern European Comparison – is East Germany Still Following a Special Path?

   • Gert Pickel

   Pages 135-154

10. Religious Revival in Romania: Between Cohort Replacement and Contextual Changes

    • Mãlina Voicu, Andreea Constantin

    Pages 155-174

11. Religiosity and Marriage. Family Attitudes in Croatia

    • Krunoslav Nikodem

    Pages 175-196

12. The Instrumentalisation of Religious Beliefs and Adat Customery Laws in Chechnya

    • Marit Cremer

    Pages 197-212

13. Back Matter

    Pages 213-216

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Following the political and economic transformation processes in Eastern Europe the religious landscapes have also changed. While some countries display a revitalization of religion, others are continuously secularizing.

The book explores this contrast, including different, empirical based studies on the topic in a wide range of Eastern European countries.

• Church
• Soziology

From the book reviews:

“This volume brings together ten essays that address religious life and the role of religion in the post-communist European societies. … Transformations of Religiosity: Religion and Religiosity in Eastern Europe 1989–2010 is a book that will be valuable not only for the students of religion in post-communist societies but for anyone interested in the power and authority that religious traditions and religious institutions continue to have in late modernity.” (Slavica Jakelić, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 29 (2), 2014)

• Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  Gert Pickel, Kornelia Sammet

Dr. Gert Pickel is Professor for Sociology of Religion at the Institute for Practical Theology, Department of Sociology of Religion, University of Leipzig.

Dr. Kornelia Sammet is Research Director of the Project 'Worldviews in Precarious Conditions of Life' at the Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Leipzig.

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