Religion and Nation in Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Post-Soviet West – Revisited

Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), in Trondheim, Norway, and the author of 16 scholarly books, co-author of 3, and editor or co-editor of 42 previous books.

• Chapter 1Religion, Nation, & Rulership: Collective identity and legitimation (An introduction)Sabrina P. RametChapter 2The Polish Catholic Nation: Variations on a ThemeRobert E. AlvisChapter 3Czechia and Slovakia: From Nationalized Christianity to Religious NationalismJuraj Marušiak and Noro Kmet’Chapter 4Quo Vadis, Hungary? The Crown of the Nation and ReligionLászló KürtiChapter 5In the Shadow of the Altar: Religion, Nation, and the Church in Slovene HistoryDarja Kerec and Božo RepeChapter 6Between Faith and Nation: Representations of the Catholic Church in Croatian Scholarly DiscourseMirela Krešić, Frane Staničić, and Siniša ZrinščakChapter 7The Serbian & Montenegrin Orthodox Churches: Traumatic nationalism vs. defensive nationalismSabrina P. Ramet and Chris JacksonChapter 8Religion and Nation in Bosnia-HercegovinaMarko HoareChapter 9Schism, Autocephaly, Symphonia: The Orthodox Church in North MacedoniaAleksander Zdravkovski Chapter 10The Bulgarian Orthodox Church as a National Identity Marker:Genesis and EvolutionDaniela KalkandjievaChapter 11The Role and Status of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia’s National Identity as an Imperialistic PowerJerry Pankhurst and Alar KilpChapter 12Belarus: Religion and Nation in a Contested BorderlandPaul HansburyChapter 13Religion and Nation in Ukraine since 1596Kathryn DavidChapter 14Religion and Nation in the Baltic Republics since the 15th CenturyAlar KilpConclusionReligion, Nation, War, and RitualSabrina P. Ramet