Religion and Politics in Post-Socialist Central and Southeastern Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Religious Organizations in Post-Communist Central and Southeastern Europe: An Introduction

   • Sabrina P. Ramet

   Pages 1-24

3. The Catholic Church in Post-Communist Poland: Polarization, Privatization, and Decline in Influence

   • Sabrina P. Ramet

   Pages 25-52

4. The Catholic Church in the Post–1989 Czech Republic and Slovakia

   • Milan Reban

   Pages 53-85

5. The Kádár Regime and the Subduing of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy

   • Krisztián Ungváry

   Pages 86-114

6. The Catholic Church and Politics in Slovenia

   • Egon Pelikan

   Pages 115-130

7. Church and State in Croatia: Legal Framework, Religious Instruction, and Social Expectations

   • Siniša Zrinščak, Dinka Marinović Jerolimov, Ankica Marinović, Branko Ančić

   Pages 131-154

8. The Cross, the Crescent, and the War in Bosnia: The Legacy of Religious Involvement

   • Janine Natalya Clark

   Pages 155-179

9. Religion and Democracy in Serbia since 1989: The Case of the Serbian Orthodox Church

   • Radmila Radić, Milan Vukomanović

   Pages 180-211

10. Islam and Politics in the Serbian Sandžak: Institutionalization and Feuds

    • Aleksander Zdravkovski

    Pages 212-239

11. The Orthodox Churches of Macedonia and Montenegro: The Quest for Autocephaly

    • Aleksander Zdravkovski, Kenneth Morrison

    Pages 240-262

12. The Orthodox Churches and Democratization in Romania and Bulgaria

    • Lavinia Stan, Lucian Turcescu

    Pages 263-285

13. Religion and Politics among Albanians of Southeastern Europe

    • Isa Blumi

    Pages 286-313

14. Afterword

    • Robert F. Goeckel

    Pages 314-316

15. Back Matter

    Pages 317-336

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This volume examines the political engagement of religious associations in the post-socialist countries of Central and Southeastern Europe, with a focus on revelations about the collaboration of clergy with the communist-era secret police, intolerance, and controversies about the inclusion of religious instruction in the schools.

• 1989
• Albania
• communism
• democracy
• Europe
• Islam
• religion
• Slovenia

“The book examines how religious associations, societies and governments have reacted to and function in the new post-1989 political, legal and socio-economic environment … . The wealth of information provided by the authors is vast, and paints a clear picture of the differences in the ways in which religious institutions adapted to post-1989 challenges. … the volume presents a much needed examination of the changes in the religious landscape after the collapse of communism in Central and southeastern Europe.” (Tamara Pavasovic Trost, Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, August, 2016) 

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

  Sabrina P. Ramet

Branko An?i?, Sociologist, Institute for Social Research, Croatia Isa Blumi, Senior Research Fellow, Leipzig University, Germany Janine Natalya Clark, Lecturer, University of Sheffield, UK Robert Goeckel, Professor, State University of New York, USA Ankica Marinovi?, Scientific Researcher, Institute for Social Research, Croatia Dinka Marinovi? Jerolimov, Scientific Advisor, Institute for Social Research, Croatia Kenneth Morrison, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, UK Egon Pelikan, Associate Professor, University of Primorska, Slovenia Radmila Radi?, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Recent History of Serbia Milan Reban, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of North Texas, USA Lavinia Stan, Associate Professor, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Lucian Turcescu, Professor, Concordia University, Canada Krisztián Ungváry, Researcher, Institute for the History of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Hungary Milan Vukomanovi?, Full Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia Aleksander Zdravkovski, Ph.D. candidate, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Sini a Zrin ?ak, Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia

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