Religion and politics in interwar Yugoslavia: Serbian nationalism and East Orthodox Christianity
"The persistence of religion in modern Europe and the challenges of transitioning from a religious to a secular state has all too often been overlooked in the history of the Balkans. Indeed, the link between religion and nationalism in this region has long been considered natural, even historic...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London [England]
Bloomsbury Academic
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Falina, Maria, Religion and politics in interwar Yugoslavia : Serbian nationalism and East Orthodox Christianity] (2025) (Oset, Željko, 1984 -)
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Yugoslavia
/ Serbisch-orthodoxe Kirche
/ Nationalism
/ History 1918-1941
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| Further subjects: | B
Nationalism (Yugoslavia)
B Nationalism (Serbia) History B Yugoslavia History 1918-1945 B Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva B History of religion B History B Yugoslavia Politics and government |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | "The persistence of religion in modern Europe and the challenges of transitioning from a religious to a secular state has all too often been overlooked in the history of the Balkans. Indeed, the link between religion and nationalism in this region has long been considered natural, even historically inevitable. Religion and Politics in Interwar Yugoslavia challenges this assumption and shows that, in actuality, the region's political and spiritual identities clashed in a fashion that was just as important to the first South Slav state as the much vaunted 'national question' itself. Focusing on the interwar era, this book explores the role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Yugoslavia. It examines the church's political vision and reveals how the Serbian Orthodox Church emerged both in reaction to and in interaction with the challenges posed by political modernity such as the establishment of the multinational Yugoslav state, the fear of secularization, and the rise of communism and fascism in Europe. Synthesizing analyses of ideologies and public discourses with stories of personal histories and individual agendas, Maria Falina's insightful study is therefore a significant contribution to the history of religion and nationalism in the Balkans."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (256 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-350-28206-3 978-1-350-28205-6 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9781350282063 |
