Gauthier, François (2022) Religious change in Orthodox-majority Eastern Europe: from Nation-State to Global-Market. Theory & Society, 51. pp. 177-210.
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This article mobilises an analytical framework developed by the author in a series of solo and joint publications according to which religion has shifted from a Nation-State to a Global-Market regime, which it applies to the case of Eastern European Orthodox majority countries, including Russia, in modern times. Bringing together a large amount of research in a synthetic objective, it first examines how religion in Eastern Europe was nationalised and statised from the end of the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It looks at the particularities of the communist experience, and shows how it is best understood as a form of radicalisation of National-Statist trends. It then shows how neoliberal reforms have integrated these countries in wider global flows. The remainder of the article looks at different trends from the perspective of marketisation: the coextensive rise of Orthodoxy affiliation and nationalism, the qualitative changes within Orthodoxy, as well as the parallel developments of New Age derived spirituality and Pentecostalism, the two ideal-typical religious forms in the Global-Market regime, and by linking them to specific experiences of globalisation and social determinants. The conclusion argues that the rise of nationalism and authoritarianism as well as the religious trends that are developing today are the consequences of neoliberal reforms, the penetration of consumerism as a dominant ethos, and thus generalised marketisation.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | globalisation, neo-liberal, marketisation, radicalisation, consumerism, communism |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Social Justice/Mission as Justice and transformation B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation B Mission theology/theory > Public Theology G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox |
| Divisions: | Central Europe |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2024 18:19 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2024 18:19 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2849 |
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