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Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. Volume 15 (2024)
Change and Its Discontents. Religious Organizations and Religious Life in Central and Eastern Europe
Series: - Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Volume: 15
This volume presents a comparative study on the pivotal role of religion in social transformation of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over the past three decades. Organized into four thematic sections, it examines divergent patterns of religiosity and non-religious worldviews, secularization, religious presence in public life, and processes of identity formation. Comparison across the countries in the CEE reveals the absence of uniform and synchronic dynamics in the region. The geopolitical and cultural heterogeneity, the need to understand post-1989 social processes in the context of a much longer historical development of the region, and the importance of incorporating religious factors — are central to all contributions in this volume.
Contributors are: Mikhail Antonov, Olga Breskaya, Zsuzsanna Demeter-Karászi, Jan Kaňák, Alar Kilp, Zsófia Kocsis, Tobias Koellner, Valéria Markos, András Máté-Tóth, Jerry G. Pankhurst, Gabriella Pusztai, Ringo Ringvee, Ariane Sadjed, Marjan Smrke, Miroslav Tížik, David Václavík, Jan Váně, Marko Veković, and Siniša Zrinščak.
Contributors are: Mikhail Antonov, Olga Breskaya, Zsuzsanna Demeter-Karászi, Jan Kaňák, Alar Kilp, Zsófia Kocsis, Tobias Koellner, Valéria Markos, András Máté-Tóth, Jerry G. Pankhurst, Gabriella Pusztai, Ringo Ringvee, Ariane Sadjed, Marjan Smrke, Miroslav Tížik, David Václavík, Jan Váně, Marko Veković, and Siniša Zrinščak.
Olga Breskaya, PhD in Sociology, is Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova. Recently she co-edited the volumes
Religious Freedom. Thinking Sociologically (with G. Giordan and S. Zrinščak; Routledge 2023) and
Religious Freedom: Social Scientific Approaches (with R. Finke and G. Giordan; Brill 2021).
Siniša Zrinščak is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. His recent publications include Global Eastern Orthodoxy. Politics, Religion, and Human Rights (co-edited with G. Giordan; Springer 2020), Well-Being and Extended Working Life. A Gender Perspective (co-edited with T. Addabo, P. Carney, Á. Ní Léime and J. Spijker; Routledge 2022), and Changes in the Value System in Democratic Croatia ([Katolički bogoslovni fakultet and Kršćanska sadašnjost], in Croatian; co-edited with J. Baloban, S. Migles, and K. Nikodem; 2023).
Siniša Zrinščak is Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. His recent publications include Global Eastern Orthodoxy. Politics, Religion, and Human Rights (co-edited with G. Giordan; Springer 2020), Well-Being and Extended Working Life. A Gender Perspective (co-edited with T. Addabo, P. Carney, Á. Ní Léime and J. Spijker; Routledge 2022), and Changes in the Value System in Democratic Croatia ([Katolički bogoslovni fakultet and Kršćanska sadašnjost], in Croatian; co-edited with J. Baloban, S. Migles, and K. Nikodem; 2023).
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Change and Its Discontents: Religious Organizations and Religious Life in Central and Eastern Europe: An Introduction
Olga Breskaya and Siniša Zrinščak
Part 1
Social Transformation and Varieties of Religious Changes
1 Multiple Post-communisms: The Variability of Religious Change in Central and Eastern Europe
Miroslav Tížik
2 Religion, Moral Issues, and Politics: Exploring Country Profiles in
cee
Olga Breskaya and Siniša Zrinščak
3 Grief, Resilience and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe: A Theoretical Approach
András Máté-Tóth
Part 2
Secularization Dilemmas and Church-State Relations
4 Is the Secularization Thesis a Helpful Tool for Understanding the Modern Religious History of
cee
? A Case of the Czech Republic
David Václavík
5 Religion, Society and the State – Transformations in Three Baltic States since the 1990s
Ringo Ringvee
6 (Un)Expected Sacred Canopy? Religion, State and Society in the Post-conflict Kosovo
Marko Veković
Part 3
Orthodoxy and Social and Political Conflicts
7 Serving Caesar to Serve God: Russian Orthodoxy and the Construction of the Narrative of Russia in a Time of War
Alar Kilp and Jerry G. Pankhurst
8 The Russian Orthodox Church and the Deep Constitution of Russia
Mikhail Antonov
9 Religion and Politics in Contemporary Russia: Entanglements, Identity Making and Nation Building
Tobias Koellner
10 Vladimir Putin as a Challenge to a Sociologist of Religion
Marjan Smrke
Part 4
Religions and Identities
11 Catholic School and Religious Identity Formation: A Case Study from the Czech Context
Jan Kaňák and Jan Váně
12 Types of Student Work and Religiosity among Higher Education Students in Central and Eastern Europe
Valéria Markos, Zsófia Kocsis, Zsuzsanna Demeter-Karászi, and Gabriella Pusztai
13 Jewish Identity Formation after Leaving Central Asia
Ariane Sadjed
Index
Notes on Contributors
Change and Its Discontents: Religious Organizations and Religious Life in Central and Eastern Europe: An Introduction
Olga Breskaya and Siniša Zrinščak
Part 1
Social Transformation and Varieties of Religious Changes
1 Multiple Post-communisms: The Variability of Religious Change in Central and Eastern Europe
Miroslav Tížik
2 Religion, Moral Issues, and Politics: Exploring Country Profiles in
Olga Breskaya and Siniša Zrinščak
3 Grief, Resilience and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe: A Theoretical Approach
András Máté-Tóth
Part 2
Secularization Dilemmas and Church-State Relations
4 Is the Secularization Thesis a Helpful Tool for Understanding the Modern Religious History of
David Václavík
5 Religion, Society and the State – Transformations in Three Baltic States since the 1990s
Ringo Ringvee
6 (Un)Expected Sacred Canopy? Religion, State and Society in the Post-conflict Kosovo
Marko Veković
Part 3
Orthodoxy and Social and Political Conflicts
7 Serving Caesar to Serve God: Russian Orthodoxy and the Construction of the Narrative of Russia in a Time of War
Alar Kilp and Jerry G. Pankhurst
8 The Russian Orthodox Church and the Deep Constitution of Russia
Mikhail Antonov
9 Religion and Politics in Contemporary Russia: Entanglements, Identity Making and Nation Building
Tobias Koellner
10 Vladimir Putin as a Challenge to a Sociologist of Religion
Marjan Smrke
Part 4
Religions and Identities
11 Catholic School and Religious Identity Formation: A Case Study from the Czech Context
Jan Kaňák and Jan Váně
12 Types of Student Work and Religiosity among Higher Education Students in Central and Eastern Europe
Valéria Markos, Zsófia Kocsis, Zsuzsanna Demeter-Karászi, and Gabriella Pusztai
13 Jewish Identity Formation after Leaving Central Asia
Ariane Sadjed
Index
This volume will appeal to social scientists who are interested in the processes of social, religious, and political change in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and history of post-communist transformation in Europe.