Serbian orthodox fundamentals
Subtitle: the quest for an eternal identity
By: Christos Mylonas
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Budapest; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780585464336
Subjects: History; Nationalism; Srpska pravoslavna crkva; History of doctrines; Church and state; Religious life and customs; Church history; Nationalisme; Aspect religieux; Histoire des doctrines; Église et État; Histoire; RELIGION; Christianity; Orthodox
Description: Annotation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1. Nation, religion and fundamentalism; title: Synopsis; title: The basic argument; title: "And the earth was without form and void"; title: What is religion?; title: "If God does not exist, He would have to be invented"; title: Communio in sacris; title: Defining the "national" within the "Serbian"; title: The "fundamentalist" discourse; title: Accounting for "fundamentalism" in Serbia; title: Conclusion; title: 2. Orthodoxy and Serbian national identity; title: Synopsis; title: Introduction; title: The "doctrinal" content of orthodoxy; title: The creation of man in the "image and likeness of God"; title: The triune God: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit; title: The "functional" "cultus" content of orthodoxy; title: The role of the orthodox liturgy; title: The "normative" expressions of orthodoxy; title: Baptism and chrismation; title: The Eucharist; title: The holy matrimony of marriage; title: Orthodox iconography; title: Serbian orthodoxy; title: The foundations of the Serbian orthodoxy; title: Orthodoxy as the sacralisation of the Serbian identity; title: Krsna slava; title: The religious (non) affinity of the Serbs; title: Conclusion; title: 3. Homo serbicus; title: Synopsis; title: The moral and ethical construction of the Serbian cosmology; title: Homo serbicus (historical and territorial hypostases); title: The "love ethic"; title: Honour; title: The concept of heroism; title: The concept of freedom; title: The concepts of justice and vengeance; title: Unity in diversity; title: The zadruga; title: Kumstvo; title: Homo serbicus (Balkan mentality); title: Homo serbicus (mere stereotypes?); title: Conclusion; title: 4. The pursuit of "secular" salvation; title: Synopsis; title: "Vox populi or vox dei"?; title: Serbian orthodoxy and Yugoslav communism; title: Josip Broz Tito; title: The Serbian monarchy; title: The chetnik movement; title: Slobodan Milosevic; title: Orthodoxy and the culture of power in Serbia; title: Serbian orthodoxy and democracy; title: Conclusion; title: 5. The pursuit of "sacrificial" salvation; title: Synopsis; title: National myth(s) and mythogenesis; title: The Kosovo battle (1389); title: The legend of Kosovo; title: Kosovo: the continuous dialogue between the present and the past; title: The Kosovo "sacrifice"; title: Conclusion; title: 6. "To love your neighbour as yourself"; title: Synopsis; title: Homo homini lupus; title: (Instrumental) violence and orthodoxy; title: The Serbian warrior; title: The "distortion" of brotherhood and unity; title: God of life and death; title: Homo et femina nervis laborans (psychosis)?; title: Conclusion; title: 7. The Balkan orthodox commonwealth; title: Synopsis; title: Orthodoxy as the sacralisation of Serbianhood; title: The Greek orthodoxy; title: The Bulgarian orthodoxy; title: The Romanian orthodoxy; title: Conclusion.