ISBN:
9783531933269
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (216p. 14 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Transformations of religiosity
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Osteuropa
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Sozialer Wandel
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Religiöser Wandel
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Geschichte 1989-2010
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Osteuropa
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Religion
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Staat
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Politik
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Gesellschaft
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Geschichte 1989-2010
Abstract:
Following the political and economic transformation processes in Eastern Europe the religious landscapes have also changed. While some countries display a revitalization of religion, others are continuously secularizing. The book explores this contrast, including different, empirical based studies on the topic in a wide range of Eastern European countries
Description / Table of Contents:
Content; Introduction - Transformations of Religiosity in Central and Eastern Europe Twenty Years after the Breakdown of Communism; 1. The Transformation of Religion and Religiosity in Central and Eastern Europe; 2. Secularization, Revitalization and the Market Approach - Different Approaches in Explaining Religious Vitality in Central and Eastern Europe; 3. Central and Eastern Europe - and the Development of Religion; 4. About this Book; 5. Conclusion; 6. References; The Religious Factor in Eastern Europe - Theoretical Considerations on Emergent Forms of Secularized Religion; 1. Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
2. Orientation Frames for Perceiving Religious Phenomena3. The Religious Factor in the Conduct of Life; 4. Modernization and Secularization in Eastern Europe; 5. Some Implications for Social Research; 6. References; Europeanisation, Multiple Modernities and Religion - The Reconstruction of Collective Identities in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe1; 0. Introduction; 1. European Multiple Modernity, Religion and Collective Identities; 2. State Formation, Nation-Building, Nationalism and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe
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3. Religions, Secularisation Patterns and Collective Identities4. Europeanisation, Religion and the Transformation of Collective Identities; 5. Conclusion; 6. References; The Modernisation of Gender Relations and Religion: Comparative Analysis of Secularization Processes; 1. Introduction; 2. Cross-National Analyses: Religion and Gender in Modernisation Processes; 2.1 Comparing Gender Differences in Denominational Affiliation and Belief in God between European Countries; 2.2 Social Gender Norms as an Explanation of the Gender Difference in Religiosity
Description / Table of Contents:
3. Eastern Germany as a Special Case: Secularization and Modernisation of Gender Relations4. Qualitative Case Studies: Religion and Worldviews of Secularized Women in Eastern Germany; 4.1 Religious Indifference and Atheism; 4.2 Religion as an Option for World Interpretation; 4.3 The Social Function of Religiosity; 4.4 The Division of Spheres and Religiosity; 5. Conclusion; 6. References; Religious Social Capital in Europe Connections between Religiosity and Civil Society; 1. Religious Social Capital as a New Form of Organized Religiosity?; 2. Religious Social Capital and its Relevance
Description / Table of Contents:
2.1 Religious Social Capital - what it is2.2 The Decline of Associations and the Sociology of Religion; 3. Data and Methods; 4. Religious or Faith Based Social Capital in Europe; 5. Religious Social Capital and Civil Society; 6. Religion, Religious Networks, and Modernization; 7. Religious Social Capital as a New Type of Religious Organization?; 8. References; Religiosity and Political Values in Central and Eastern Europe; 1. Theoretical Background; 2. Methodology; 3. Religious Changes; 4. Religiosity and Left-Right Self-Identification; 5. Confidence in Institutions
Description / Table of Contents:
6. Views on the Relation of Religion and Politics
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-531-93326-9
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