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Balkan idols : religion and nationalism in Yugoslav states / Vjekoslav Perica.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perica, Vjekoslav.
- Series:
- Religion and global politics.
- Religion and global politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--Yugoslavia--History--20th century.
- Nationalism.
- Nationalism--Religious aspects--Srpska pravoslavna crkva--History--20th century.
- Nationalism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History--20th century.
- Nationalism--Religious aspects--Islam--History--20th century.
- Yugoslavia--Religion.
- Yugoslavia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text explores the political role and influence of Serbian Orthodox, Croatian Catholic, and Yugoslav Muslim religious organizations in the Balkans during 20th century. The author rejects the notion that a 'clash of civilizations' has played a central role in fomenting aggression.
- Contents:
- Contents; Note on Pronunciation and Foreign Language Terms; Chronology; Maps; 1. Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationhood; 2. The First Strife: The Crisis of the 1930's, War, and the Cease-Fire of the 1960; 3. The Other Serbia: The Serbian Church in the Communist Federation; 4. The Catholic Church and the Making of the Croatian Nation, 1970-1984; 5. The Bosnian Ulema and Muslim Nationalism; 6. United We Stand, Divided We Fall: The Civil Religion of Brotherhood and Unity; 7. Mary-making in Herzegovina: From Apparitions to Partitions
- 8. Flames and Shrines: The Serbian Church and Serbian Nationalist Movement in the 1980's 9. The Second Strife: Religion as the Catalyst of the Crisis in the 1980's and 1990's; 10. Religion as Hallmark of Nationhood; 11. The Twilight of Balkan Idols; 12. Conclusions; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Photo gallery
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-324) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610481835
- 9780190287498
- 0190287497
- 9780198033899
- 0198033893
- 9781602568891
- 1602568898
- 9781602565135
- 1602565139
- 9781280481833
- 1280481838
- 9780195174298
- 0195174291
- OCLC:
- 65178154
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