Churches in-between: Greek Catholic churches in postsocialist Europe
Eastern Rite Catholic Churches occupy an ambiguous position between two religious worlds and challenge the idea of a sharp religious and political dichotomy between Eastern and Western Europe. After decades of repression under socialism, the churches known popularly in Central Europe as Greek Cathol...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Berlin Münster
Lit
2008
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| In: |
Halle studies in the anthropology of Eurasia (16)
Year: 2008 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Halle studies in the anthropology of Eurasia
16 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Griechisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ History 1989-2008
B Central Europe / Griechisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / History 1989-2008 |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Church and state Former communist countries B / Byzantine Rite / Catholic Church Former communist countries B Secularism Europe B Former communist countries Religion |
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| Summary: | Eastern Rite Catholic Churches occupy an ambiguous position between two religious worlds and challenge the idea of a sharp religious and political dichotomy between Eastern and Western Europe. After decades of repression under socialism, the churches known popularly in Central Europe as Greek Catholic have successfully undertaken a process of revitalisation. This has been marked by competition with other churches, both over material properties and over people’s souls. How can a Greek Catholic “identity” be recreated? Can these churches provide a distinctive “product” for the new “religious marketplace”? By exploring such questions the contributors to this volume shed fresh light on the social and political shaping of religious phenomena in the era of postsocialism and also on more general issues of belief, practice, transmission and syncretism. |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 340 S., 235 mm x 162 mm |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8258-9910-3 |
