Bosniak-Serb Relations from 1831 until the WWII during the Growth and Development of the Orthodox Church: Institutionalism as a Religio-Political Concept of Changing Cultural Patterns and Power Relations
Journal: İslâm Araştırmaları Dergisi
Year: 2024

This paper traces the development of the Orthodox Church institutions in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina during the De-Ottomanization process of Southeastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It also focuses on the responses from the institutions and intellectuals of the Muslim population to events that followed the Belgrade Metropolitanate gaining autonomy in 1831. In addition the paper discusses the Orthodoxy’s increasing influence and the declining influence of Islam on social trends