Orthodoxy and education in post-socialist Serbia: a comment
This essay is a comment on Orthodox Christianity and formal education in post-socialist Serbia. It considers the hostility of state socialism towards religion and, using Russian Orthodoxy as an initial point of comparison, examines religion and the State in post-socialist Serbia. This is a neglected...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2013
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2013, Volume: 15 |
Further subjects: | B
Education and state
B Serbia; Education B Communism; Serbia B Orthodox Eastern Church; Education B Christian education; Philosophy B Serbian B Orthodox Eastern Church B Religious education; Philosophy |
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Summary: | This essay is a comment on Orthodox Christianity and formal education in post-socialist Serbia. It considers the hostility of state socialism towards religion and, using Russian Orthodoxy as an initial point of comparison, examines religion and the State in post-socialist Serbia. This is a neglected theme, given the civil war that destroyed the socialist federation of Yugoslavia. The essay focuses on the aspirations of the Serbian Orthodox Church to recover its former position of moral influence through the teaching of religion in schools. It considers the tensions that this has aroused with a secularist lobby, and suggests that the extent to which Serbia is located within contemporary Europe is key to the outcome of this debate. |
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ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/64328 |