Church and State in Yugoslavia Since 1945

Klappentext This is a study of the relations between Church and state in a communist regime. Zusammenfassung This full-length study of the relations between Church and state in communist regime is set in the only communist country where free research into the subject has ever been possible; it gains additional interest and topicality from the identification of religion and nationalism in a multi-national state. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Wartime: the fateful events: The background - Serbia - Croatia - Slovenia - The Partisans; Part I. The Catholic Church: 2. The immediate postwar years; 3. The trial of Archbishop Stepinac; 4. The struggle between the church and the state, 1946-1953; Part II. The Serbian Orthodox Church: 5. Liberation and its sequel; 6. The struggle to hold the church together; Part III. The Legislative Framework: 7. The constitution and the laws; Part IV. The Catholic Church: 8. The change: why and how it took place; Part V. The Serbian and Macedonian Orthodox Churches: 9. Schisms and accommodations.

Product details

• Authors: Stella Alexander
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780521089227
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08922-7
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education