Spaces and Borders: Current Research on Religion in Central and Eastern Europe (Religion and Society)

"People observe and transgress religious borders when they relate with faith and other faiths, when they shape communities, when they make decisions. A group of researchers have joined an inquiry into the forces of religious closure and openness in present-day Central and Eastern Europe. The volume is a result of a research community constituted within the REVACERN project - Religion and Values in Central and Eastern Europe Research Network, supported by the 6th framework program of the European Union. Chapters are structured in three sections, focusing on individual experiences of religion and spirituality, on religious elites, and on the interaction of religion with politics. Sociology, political science and history are triangulated to render a clear understanding of the individual experiences of religion and secularity, and of the strategic choices of religious and political elites, taking readers along an exploration of religious identity and otherness."--Publisher's website. Introduction......Page 8 Experiencing Religion......Page 12 The Vague Borders of New Age......Page 14 Values and Ethnicity – Religious Conversions of Roma in Eastern Slovakia to the Watchtower Society......Page 30 The Negotiation of Borders between “Religion” and “Spirituality”......Page 40 ISKCON Folk Devils Fight Back. The Dynamics of Counter-Stigmatization Strategy......Page 56 Strategies of Religious Elites......Page 70 Muslims, Bosnians and Bosniaks Shaped among Sarajevo, Sandžak and Belgrade......Page 72 Acculturation of Hinduism and the Czech Traditions of Yoga......Page 88 The Interaction between Orthodox Church and State in Post-Soviet Russia......Page 110 Clericalization of Nationalism......Page 124 Religion and Politics......Page 138 Freedom of Religion in the Baltic States: Sociological and Legal Analysis......Page 140 What Do We Want from Religion? Religiosity and Social Expectations in Central and Eastern Europe......Page 158 Confronting Religion with National Pride Values: Comparative Evidence from Eastern and Western Europe......Page 176 Stereotypes and Prejudices in Media on Religious “Others”: The Case of Islam......Page 198 Attitudes towards National identity and National Values among Polish Catholic Youth......Page 214 Religious Determinants of Democratic Values......Page 228 Political Secularity of Religious People in European Countries......Page 242 Quasi-Religious Character of the Hungarian Right-Wing Radical Ideology......Page 258 List of Contributors......Page 272 Index of Objects......Page 278