Lexington Books
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978-1-4985-2247-2 • Hardback • July 2015 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-1-4985-2248-9 • eBook • July 2015 • $114.00 • (£88.00)
Branislav Radeljić is associate professor of international politics at the University of East London.
Martina Topić holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Zagreb and works at Leeds Beckett University.
Introduction, Branislav Radeljić
Chapter 1: Religion and the Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999), Paul Mojzes
Chapter 2: Religion in the Yugoslav Successor States at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Raymond Detrez
Chapter 3: Church-State Relations in Slovenia: Constant Tensions, Sergej Flere, Miran Lavrič, and Danilo Jesenik
Chapter 4: Holocaust Denial in Croatian Catholic Church, Martina Topić
Chapter 5: Religion and Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Illustrations from the Post-War and Post-Socialist Transition, Dino Abazović and Ivan Cvitković
Chapter 6: Autocephaly, Log Burning and Legitimacy: The Montenegrin and Serbian Orthodox Churches in Conflict, Kenneth Morrison
Chapter 7: Religious Polarization of Macedonian Modern Society, Ružica Cacanoska
Chapter 8: The Role of Religion in Serbian Society and Politics, Marko Nikolić
Chapter 9: The Transformations of Islam in Kosovo and its Impact on Albanian Politics, Isa Blumi
Chapter 10: Islamic Doctrine and European Values: The Case of the Islamic Community in Serbia, Aleksander Zdravkovski
Chapter 11: Self-Evident Belonging and Incompatibility of Identities: Public Discourse by Churches in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia on European Integration (2000–2012), Angela Ilić
Religion in the Post-Yugoslav Context, edited by Branislav Radeljić and Martina Topić, presents a study of something called ‘the post-Yugoslav context,’ which most of the local population is probably unaware of, since Yugoslavia has been forgotten by now. While the wars of the 1990s have ended, the postwar is still there and relevant. . . .Among the area studies specialists, the Radeljić-Topić volume will be most serviceable to students of the recent history of former Yugoslavia.
— Slavic Review
This volume is required reading for scholars engaging with religion in the post-Yugoslav space, as well as anyone trying to understand the political culture of the region. Its fresh perspectives on the contested notions of religion, desecularization, and the nation-state demonstrate the complexity and ambivalence of religion’s role in the post-conflict context of the former Yugoslavia.
— Srdjan Sremac, VU University Amsterdam
This fine collection is an imperatively needed contribution to Yugoslav studies. Religion in the Post-Yugoslav Context does fill a badly felt gap in the field of the Yugoslav wars. By carefully assessing the role of religion, the authors demonstrate that religious issues formed the context rather than the reason for the breakup of Yugoslavia and the outbreak of the wars. But they do not downplay religion's role, and the distinct, well written and informative essays remind us of the fragility and diversity of the (post-) Yugoslav mosaic.
— Alexander Korb, University of Leicester