Islam in Post-Communist Eastern Europe - Between Churchification and Securitization

In Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe Egdūnas Račius reveals how governance of religions and practical politics in Eastern Europe are permeated by churchification and securitization of Islam, and Muslim religious organizations have been turned into ecclesiastical-bureaucratic institutions akin to 'Muslim Churches'.

About the author

Egdūnas Račius, Ph.D. (2004), University of Helsinki, is Professor in Islamic Studies at Vytautas Magnus University, and Senior Researcher in the project Post-secular Condition at Vilnius University, Lithuania. His research focuses on Eastern European Muslim communities. He is the author of Muslims in Eastern Europe (Edinburgh University Press, 2018).

Product details

• Authors: Ra&
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2020
• EAN: 9789004425347
• ISBN: 978-90-04-42534-7
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Series: Muslim Minorities
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories