Transformations of Religiosity [electronic resource] : Religion and Religiosity in Eastern Europe 1989-2010 /
Pickel, Gert.editor.
Sammet, Kornelia.editor.
After the political transformation in Eastern Europe, one can now look on an other transformation in these countries – the transformation of religion. In some countries a revitalization of religion occurs, in other countries the continuity of a secularization process have to be noticed. The book deals with this contrast, including different, empirical based, views on the topic and different Eastern European countries.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
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
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
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
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
6. Views on the Relation of Religion and Politics
Includes bibliographical references.
After the political transformation in Eastern Europe, one can now look on an other transformation in these countries – the transformation of religion. In some countries a revitalization of religion occurs, in other countries the continuity of a secularization process have to be noticed. The book deals with this contrast, including different, empirical based, views on the topic and different Eastern European countries.
Sociology.
Knowledge - Discourse.
Sociology, general.