Expanding Religion - Religious Revival in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe

Reiterated international comparative surveys offer evidences about developments of religion-related scene in Central and Eastern Europe. The present volume is the first one, which presents an extensive and detailed cross-national analysis of sociological data comparing extensively countries, regions and denominations in the past two decades.
It displays achievements and shortages of a religious revival in the post-communist region, as well as religion's role in family life, social responsibility and public commitment. It proves the combination of de-Christianization based on previous persecution of religion and an ongoing modernization and the rise and the transformation of religion. In some countries popular religiosity of traditional social strata is dominant. In other countries there is a visible transition from old and low strata religiosity to a more restricted but socially more influential religiosity of young middle and upper strata groups. In final outcome the volume substantiates the growing public role of religion in Eastern and Central Europe as well as the distinct impact of religiosity on individual behaviour. These results contradict the idea of an overwhelming secularization but argue for a more complex process overcoming the communist past.

Info autore

Miklós Tomka, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Miklós Tomka
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.01.2011
• EAN: 9783110228151
• ISBN: 978-3-11-022815-1
• Pagine: 258
• Dimensioni: 162 mm x 20 mm x 234 mm
• Peso: 514 g
• Illustrazioni: 50 b/w ill., 32 b/w tbl.
• Serie: Religion and Society; Religion and Society; ISSN
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; Soziologie, Christentum, Religionswissenschaft, Europäische Geschichte, Enzyklopädie, Nachschlagewerke, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Politik und Staat, Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Weltreligionen / Christentum, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Politik / Kirche, Religion, Säkularisierung; Osteuropa; Religiöses Revival; Sozialer Wandel; Vergleichende Soziologie; Secularization; Social Change; Comparative Sociology, RELIGION / Comparative Religion