Rethinking the Space for Religion
Rethinking the Space for Religion
New Actors in Central and Southeast Europe on Religion, Authenticity and Belonging
Author(s):
Catharina RaudvereKrzysztof Stala
Publication Date: 01 January, 2015
Available in all formats
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
ISBN: 9789187121968
ISBN: 9789187121968
Price: INR 2260.99
Description
Table of contents
A broad discussion about how history and religion contribute to identity politics in contemporary Europe, this book provides case studies exemplifying how public intellectuals and academics have taken an active part in the construction of recent and traditional pasts. Instead of repeating the simplistic explanation as a return of religion, this volume focuses on public platforms and agents and their use of religion as a political and cultural argument. Filled with previously unpublished data gathered from texts, interviews, field observations, artifacts, and material culture, this record challenges stereotypical images of East and Southeast Europe.
Description
A broad discussion about how history and religion contribute to identity politics in contemporary Europe, this book provides case studies exemplifying how public intellectuals and academics have taken an active part in the construction of recent and traditional pasts. Instead of repeating the simplistic explanation as a return of religion, this volume focuses on public platforms and agents and their use of religion as a political and cultural argument. Filled with previously unpublished data gathered from texts, interviews, field observations, artifacts, and material culture, this record challenges stereotypical images of East and Southeast Europe.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- CONFLICTING CONSTRUCTIONS – NATIONAL NARRATIVES IN EUROPE
- 1. Rethinking the Space for Religion
- New Actors in Central and Southeast Europe on Religion, Authenticity and Belonging
- 1. Rethinking the Space for Religion
- NEGOTIATING EUROPEAN BELONGING AND THE USES OF RELIGION
- 2. Religion, Gender and History
- Why the Czechs Belong in Europe
- 3. Romania’s Cultural Identity and the European Challenge
- Convictions, Options, Illusions
- 4. Cultural Religion or Religious Purism
- Discourses on Orthodoxy, Authenticity and National Identity in Greece
- 2. Religion, Gender and History
- RELIGION AND NATIONAL HERITAGE IN CENTRAL EUROPE
- 5. Duke Widukind and Charlemagne in Twentieth-Century Germany
- Myths of Origin and Constructs of National Identity
- 6. Myth of Victimhood and Cult of Authenticity
- Sacralizing the Nation in Estonia and Poland
- 7. Open Catholicism vs. Theocratic Impulses
- The Polish Catholic Church as a Source of Liberal Democratic Values or a Hegemonic Structure?
- 5. Duke Widukind and Charlemagne in Twentieth-Century Germany
- RELIGIOUS STRATEGIES IN A POST-1989 PERSPECTIVE
- 8. Remembering the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
- 9. The Role of Orthodox Christianity in Greece
- 10. Exploring the Particular in the Global World
- Three Contemporary Bosnian Theological Writers on Islam, Sufism, Authenticity and National Belonging
- MYTHS AND MUSEUMS – OLD STORIES, NEW USES
- 11. Framing Uses of the Past
- Nations, Academia and Museums Conjuring History
- 12. Recycling Ancient Narrations on a Post-modern Market
- Some Questions about Myth Today
- 11. Framing Uses of the Past
- About the Authors