Churches In-between: Greek Catholic Churches in Postsocialist Europe - Couverture souple

Mahieu, Stephanie; Naumescu, Vlad

 
9783825899103: Churches In-between: Greek Catholic Churches in Postsocialist Europe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3825899101 ISBN 13 : 9783825899103
Editeur : Lit Verlag, 2010

Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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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Éditeur
Lit Verlag
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3825899101
ISBN 13 
9783825899103
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
360
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