Tomka, Miklós (2010) Religiosity in Central and Eastern Europe. Facts and Interpretations. Religion and Society in Central and Eastern Europe, 3 (1).
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It is commonly acknowledged that the current situation in Central and Eastern Europe reflects two great social cataclysms. The end of the second World War and the Communist takeover meant the beginning of an artificial social experiment’ that generated significant changes. This experiment failed.The second cataclysmic event, which occurred in 1989, again precipitated radical changes in the socioeconomic relationships. In fact, three different models followed each other not only in the political, but also in the social order. In the meantime, the roles and the relational positions of the elements in the social system as well as the individuals’ possibilities have changed. These changes dramatically affected religion. Before 1945, religion had been one of the main pillars of the societal order and the state, but under the Communist era it was persecuted and pushed to the private sphere. Since 1989, it has resumed to be a public actor whose precise role, however, has not been finalized yet (Bremer 2008,Pollack, Borowik, Jagodzinski 1998, Spieker 2003). The fact that the second half of the 20th century is not only a sequence of different political systems but also a process of modernization makes the situation even more complicated. Due to the dictatorial nature of this process, we may call it a“Communist type of modernization”.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Public Theology G Christian traditions/Denominations > Eastern Orthodox G Christian traditions/Denominations > Evangelical G Christian traditions/Denominations > Reformed, Presbyterian H Social research and religion in Central Eastern Europe |
| Divisions: | Central Europe |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2024 07:51 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2024 07:51 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/3070 |
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