Informal allies on a common mission: the Serbian state and the orthodox church in recent nation-building processes

With the aim of exploring in detail Serbia's modern nation-building, this paper reveals and examines three stages in the relationship between the state and the Church. Their interaction was first observed in the late-1980s, when the Church leadership began to interfere in the state affairs, off...

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Main Author: Jovanović, Vladan 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2018]
In: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 51, Pages: 38-52
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Serbia / Orthodox Church / Nation
IxTheo Classification:KBK Europe (East)
KDF Orthodox Church
Further subjects:B Church
B Nation-building
B Religion
B Serbia
B state-building
B nationali
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Summary:With the aim of exploring in detail Serbia's modern nation-building, this paper reveals and examines three stages in the relationship between the state and the Church. Their interaction was first observed in the late-1980s, when the Church leadership began to interfere in the state affairs, offering religious solutions to a wide range of national issues. Following the collapse of Serbian society during the 1990s, the Church has become an ideology supplement to the state-driven national project. As such, the Church was embraced by the state authorities, and after the fall of Miloševic in 2000, nationalism continued to exponentially increase in Serbia. Following the assassination of the Prime Minister Zoran Ðindic in 2003, the Church emerged as the key factor of nation building, thus substituting the disoriented state structures. A significant part of our conclusions are based on primary quantitative sources.
ISSN:1583-0039
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies