Serbian Orthodox Fundamentals : The Quest for an Eternal Identity
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| Title: | Serbian Orthodox Fundamentals : The Quest for an Eternal Identity |
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| Description: | This book is a comprehensive exposition of the interaction of a national (the Serbian people) and a religiou (the Orthodox Christian faith) content, in the formation of a distinctive national identity and a mode of being. Its interdisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, social anthropology, theology, political theory, Balkan historiography, and Serbian folklore, is deployed to provide a powerful and original analysis of how Serbian Orthodoxy has resulted in the sacralisation of the Serbian nation by framing the parameters of its existence. Addresses the following questions: what'makes'a Serb? Are meaningful assumptions possible by introducing Serbian Orthodoxy as the primal point of reference? Why does religion appear to have an especially strong appeal? |
| Authors: | Christos Mylonas |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Nationalism--Religious aspects--Srpska pravoslavna crkva--History of doctrines, Church and state--Srpska pravoslavna crkva--History, Church and state--Serbia and Montenegro--Serbia--History |
| Categories: | RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox, HISTORY / Historiography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book is a comprehensive exposition of the interaction of a national (the Serbian people) and a religiou (the Orthodox Christian faith) content, in the formation of a distinctive national identity and a mode of being. Its interdisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, social anthropology, theology, political theory, Balkan historiography, and Serbian folklore, is deployed to provide a powerful and original analysis of how Serbian Orthodoxy has resulted in the sacralisation of the Serbian nation by framing the parameters of its existence. Addresses the following questions: what'makes'a Serb? Are meaningful assumptions possible by introducing Serbian Orthodoxy as the primal point of reference? Why does religion appear to have an especially strong appeal? |
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| ISBN: | 9789639241619 9780585464336 9786155211201 |
