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After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, no-one was prepared for the violent dissolution of Yugoslavia. Suddenly old terms like chetnik and ustasha found new currency, and a new term surfaced - ''ethnic cleansing'' - with its sickening echo of ''final solution''. The upsurge of nationalist sentiment in Eastern Europe raises the question whether the wars in the former Yugoslavia are harbingers of things to come. Will the racist idea of the ethnically pure state crush the humanist ideal of the multicultural society? Yugoslavian Inferno provides a rich analysis of the complex issues that brought about the demise of Yugoslavia and the ensuing fratricidal warfare. It pays particular attention to the role of religion in fanning the flames of interethnic hatred and is written by a scholar uniquely placed to write it. A Yugoslavian-American with roots in both Croatia and Serbia, whose religious tradition is Protestant, rather than Catholic, Orthodox, or Muslim, Paul Mojzes is an internationally recognized authority on religion in Eastern Europe. Based on travels in the region, interviews with politicians, scholars, and religious leaders, as well as news accounts and monographs in generally inaccessible languages, and formulated after a lifetime of scholarly achievement, Yugoslavian Inferno presents insights that only a native can provide and the critical objectivity that only an outsider can offer.>
About the author
Dr Paul Mojzes is Chair of the Religious Studies and Humanities Department at Rosemont College, Pennsylvania, USA.
He is a native of Yugoslavia, educated at Belgrade University, Florida Southern College, and Boston University. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies and the editor of Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe. He is the author of Christian-Marxist Dialogue in Eastern Europe and editor of Varieties of Christian-Marxist Dialogue as well as the writer of numerous articles. He is a member of the United Methodist Church.
PAUL MOJZES is Professor of Religious Studies at Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pennsylvania.
