Religious diversity in post-Soviet society
Subtitle: ethnographies of Catholic hegemony and the new pluralism in Lithuania
By: edited by Milda Alisauskiene and Ingo W. Schroeder
Contributors: Schröder, Ingo
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781409409120; 9781409409137
Subjects: Religion; Catholic Church; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Catholic majority societies and religious hegemony : concepts and comparisons / Ingo W. Schröder; title: The history of religion in Lithuania since the 19th century / Arnas Streikus; title: "We are all in exile here" : perceptions of death, the soul, and the afterlife in rural Lithuania / Lina Pranaityt; title: The elusive religious field in Lithuania / Ingo W. Schröder; title: From confrontation to conciliation : on syncretic rapprochement between Catholics and charismatic evangelists in Lithuania / Gediminas Lankauskas; title: Romuva looks east : Indian inspiration in Lithuanian paganism / Michael Strmiska; title: The new age milieu in Lithuania : popular Catholicism or religious alternative? / Milda Alisauskiene; title: Muslims in Catholic Lithuania : divergent strategies in dealing with the marginality status / Egdnas Raius; title: The neo-Buddhist White Lotus Movement in search for legitimacy / Donatas Glodenis.