Religious and sexual nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe
Subtitle: gods, gays, and governments
By: edited by Srdjan Sremac, R. Ruard Ganzevoort
Series: Religion and the social order -- volume 26
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9789004297470; 9789004297791
Subjects: Politics and government; Gays; Church and state; Homosexuality; Christianity; Religion; Religion and politics; Social conditions; Moral conditions; Nationalism
Description: "Religious and Sexual Nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe : Gods, Gays, and Governments presents case studies from some ten countries that serve to explore the ways in which religion, nationalism, and (homo)sexuality intersect in public discourse. It shows how religious leaders, political and social movements, LGBT-organizations, governments, and media negotiate the powers of religion and state in taking position regarding sexual diversity. These negotiations are as much about sexual morality as they are about national identity, anti-EU sentiments, and the efforts of religious institutions to regain power in post-communist societies. Contributors are: Alar Kilp, Dorota Hall, Koen Slootmaeckers, Magda Dolinska-Rydzek, Marek Mikuš, Mariecke van den Berg, Martina Topić, Mihai Tarta, Miloš Jovanović, R. Ruard Ganzevoort, Srdjan Sremac, Tamara Pavasović Trošt, Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface: How European is Eastern Europe? / William H. Swatos, Jr; title: Introduction: The interplay of religious and sexual nationalisms in Central and Eastern Europe / Srdjan Sremac and R. Ruard Ganzevoort; title: "Faggots won't walk through the city" : religious nationalism and LGBT pride parades in Serbia / Marek Mikus; title: European culture wars : sexual nationalism between Euro-Christian and Euro-secular civil religion in Poland and Romania / Mihai Tarta; title: For the sake of the nations : media, homosexuality and religio-sexual nationalisms in the post-Yugoslav space / Srdjan Sremac, Zlatiborka Popov-Momcinovic, Milos Jovanovic, and Martina Topic; title: Antagonism in the making : religion and homosexuality in post-communist Poland / Dorota Hall; title: Echoes from the margin : responses to the Pope's statements on homosexuality in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Sweden / Mariecke van den Berg and Zlatiborka Popov Momcinovic; title: Secular and religious discourses blocking the extension of religious and legal rights of same-sex couples in the Baltic States / Alar Kilp; title: "Gays as a weapon of Antichrist" : religious nationalism, homosexuality and Antichrist in RuNet / Magda Dolinska Rydzek and Mariecke van den Berg; title: Religion, homosexuality and nationalism in the western Balkans : the role of religious institutions in defining the nation / Tamara Pavasovic Trost and Koen Slootmaekers.