Book Review: Miklós Tomka: Expanding Religion: Religious Revival in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe

Kilp, Alar

doi:10.1007/s13644-012-0091-0

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“…This pattern is shared with other post-socialist countries, which brings us to the second point: Slovenia fits well within the notion of "re-enchantment", a concept used to describe the religious particularities in Central and Eastern Europe since the 1990s (Testa 2023;Ładykowska et al 2024). As a counterweight to the paradigm of secularization, re-enchantment captures the emergence of new religious movements, which go hand in hand with the interplay of religious decline and revival (Tomka 2011;Ładykowska et al 2024, p. 10). Though a detailed discussion of this phenomenon is beyond the scope of our paper, we can say that there are "plenty of signs that demonstrate the vitality of religiosity and strength and public role of churches [and other communities]" in Central and Easter Europe (Tomka 2011, p. 6; see also Sarkissian 2009).…”

Section: Postsocialist Religious Field and The Muslim Communities In ...supporting

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Islamophobia beyond Explicit Hate Speech: Analyzing the Coverage of Muslims in Slovenia’s Public Broadcasting

Jurekovič

2024

Religions

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Religion in Europe has been undergoing two fundamental changes in the past four decades. As a side effect of secularization, religious fields have been pluralizing. On the other hand, religions themselves have taken a qualitative shift towards lived, material characteristics. Focusing exclusively on the diversification of European religious fields, we are interested in the concept of religious literacy as a tool for competent engagement in contemporary religious plural societies. To better understand the role of public media in fostering religious literacy, we offer an analysis of the public broadcaster’s coverage of smaller religious communities in Slovenia. Focusing particularly on Muslims as the largest religious minority in Slovenia, we provide an analysis of 245 episodes, consisting of 540 items, in the 2015–2020 period. We show that the coverage given to smaller religious communities is unevenly spread amongst the communities, with disproportional airtime given to Christian churches and communities. Furthermore, we pinpoint the key qualitative difference in portrayals of Slovenian Muslims and non-Catholic Christians, explaining how the process of racialized Islamophobia may continue beyond explicit hate speech. In conclusion we set out limitations of our study and provide guidelines for future research.

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Section: Postsocialist Religious Field and The Muslim Communities In ...supporting

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Islamophobia beyond Explicit Hate Speech: Analyzing the Coverage of Muslims in Slovenia’s Public Broadcasting

Jurekovič

2024

Religions

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“…Other respondents were found to be closer to a mixed orientation (partly accepting/partly rejecting). This may be related to the variation in social expectations with regard to the roles played by the Church, as observed in other studies, including the fact that its undertakings in solving social problems (such as poverty, education) win wider support than those concerning the moral sphere (Tomka, 2011). Also, the direct influence of the Church on politics is often questioned (Ančić and Zrinščak, 2012).…”

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Differentiation of religiosity and its effects on biopolitical orientations among Catholics: evidence from Poland

Borowik

Grygiel

2023

Politics and Religion

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Existing research proves the connection between religion and social attitudes toward biopolitical topics. The purpose of our analyses was to deepen reflection on these connections. We explored the internal pluralization of religiosity and ideological self-placement and their significance for orientations toward abortion, in vitro fertilization, and homosexuality, subjects of intensive political debate engaging the Catholic Church. Our analysis, based on a nationally representative sample of Catholics in Poland, leads to the conclusion that, despite high indicators of religiosity, the capacity of the Roman Catholic Church to form a consistent cognitive perspective among its followers is limited. Even among Catholics who present fully institutionalized religiosity (~25%), only half agree with the Church's teaching on biopolitical themes. These findings are discussed in the context of the importance of intra-religious pluralism for understanding the ideological role of religion in countries with high levels of belonging to one, dominant form of it.

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“…In the years preceding, and certainly after, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there was widespread interest in reconnecting with religious practices and a religious "free market" developed in the early 1990s. Multiple studies document the post-communist religious revival (Evans & Northmore-Ball, 2012;Müller, 2011;Sarkissian, 2009;Tomka, 2011). Miazhevich (2012) found that "Belarus, together with other nations in the former Soviet Union, witnessed an immediate revival of the religious practices suppressed during Soviet times" (pp.…”

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Religion and Growth in Human Development in Post-Communist Countries during the Twenty-First Century

Saunders

2021

JBIB

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The rise and fall of the Soviet Union and the communist empire was one of the distinguishing events of the twentieth century. The 21 countries that made up the Warsaw Pact simultaneously made a transition from Communism to more market-based economic systems. These countries all shared a common economic system for a prolonged period of time. However, the countries varied and continue to vary dramatically in terms of size, language, and religious faith traditions. During the twenty-first century, all 21 countries have experienced growth in human development. This article seeks to identify whether the differing faith traditions played a significant role in the size of growth in human development (income, education, and life expectancy) for these countries.

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Book Review: Miklós Tomka: Expanding Religion: Religious Revival in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe

Cited by 5 publications

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Islamophobia beyond Explicit Hate Speech: Analyzing the Coverage of Muslims in Slovenia’s Public Broadcasting

Islamophobia beyond Explicit Hate Speech: Analyzing the Coverage of Muslims in Slovenia’s Public Broadcasting

Differentiation of religiosity and its effects on biopolitical orientations among Catholics: evidence from Poland

Religion and Growth in Human Development in Post-Communist Countries during the Twenty-First Century

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