Dragan Šljivić graduated in political science from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He continued his doctoral studies in Germany as a member of DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1412 at the Universities of Jena and Erfurt. His research focuses on the cultural orientations, the religious heritage and the socio-political structures of Southeastern Europe. He completed his PhD in religious studies at the University of Erfurt in 2017.

• List of Tables and Figures – Transliteration Guide – List of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Explanation of Tsǎrkoven Vestnik and Pravoslavlje References – 1. Introduction – 2. The “Incompatibility Thesis”: Is Orthodoxy Compatible with Democracy? – 3. Democracy- Building in Bulgaria and Serbia: Key Developments – 4. The Differentiation between Church and State – 5. Political Theology and Orthodox Political Organizations – 6. The BOC, the SOC and Embedding Democracy, 2007– 2012 – 7. Toward a “Symphonic Democracy”? – References

Dragan Šljivić graduated in political science from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He continued his doctoral studies in Germany as a member of DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1412 at the Universities of Jena and Erfurt. His research focuses on the cultural orientations, the religious heritage and the socio-political structures of Southeastern Europe. He completed his PhD in religious studies at the University of Erfurt in 2017.

• List of Tables and Figures – Transliteration Guide – List of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Explanation of Tsǎrkoven Vestnik and Pravoslavlje References – 1. Introduction – 2. The “Incompatibility Thesis”: Is Orthodoxy Compatible with Democracy? – 3. Democracy- Building in Bulgaria and Serbia: Key Developments – 4. The Differentiation between Church and State – 5. Political Theology and Orthodox Political Organizations – 6. The BOC, the SOC and Embedding Democracy, 2007– 2012 – 7. Toward a “Symphonic Democracy”? – References

Dragan Šljivić graduated in political science from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He continued his doctoral studies in Germany as a member of DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1412 at the Universities of Jena and Erfurt. His research focuses on the cultural orientations, the religious heritage and the socio-political structures of Southeastern Europe. He completed his PhD in religious studies at the University of Erfurt in 2017.

• List of Tables and Figures – Transliteration Guide – List of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Explanation of Tsǎrkoven Vestnik and Pravoslavlje References – 1. Introduction – 2. The “Incompatibility Thesis”: Is Orthodoxy Compatible with Democracy? – 3. Democracy- Building in Bulgaria and Serbia: Key Developments – 4. The Differentiation between Church and State – 5. Political Theology and Orthodox Political Organizations – 6. The BOC, the SOC and Embedding Democracy, 2007– 2012 – 7. Toward a “Symphonic Democracy”? – References