| Uniform title | Only unity will save the Serbs |
| Series |
South-East European history, 2768-7554
South-East European history. ^A1461956
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| Contents |
Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro and former Yugoslavia -- The Eastern Orthodox ideology of history writing -- The making of Serbian Orthodoxy in history -- Saints and place-making in Montenegro -- Outlook on the politics of history writing in Eastern Europe -- Towards a theory of nationalisation of the sacred. |
| Abstract |
"The Eastern Orthodox Churches in post-communist Eastern Europe are embroiled in long-running conflicts over ownership of territory, saints, sites, nations, and history. These often violent conflicts reflect political and national rivalries, most explicitly in former Yugoslavia and Ukraine. They are often understood as simplified ethnic-national tensions with religious overtones, but, as this book demonstrations, such an assessment overlooks the deeper theological and historiographical framework. Nationalisation of the Sacred offers a detailed analysis of the theological backdrop behind these conflicts. It analyses how various strands of Eastern Orthodoxy have adapted to the contemporary political context, a process where history, memory, and politics are transformed to fit the needs of rival nations and churches. The book provides an in-depth analysis of this process and the transformations in church-related conflicts in post-communist Montenegro, where the Serbian Orthodox Church has been pitted against a rival Montenegrin church and Montenegrin government. Additionally the book provides an up-to-date and unique analysis of Eastern Orthodox historiography, modern Serbian theology, religion in Montenegro more broadly, and the roots of the violent clash between Orthodox believers and the Montenegrin government in 2019-2021"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Copenhagen, 2020, under the title: Only unity will save the Serbs : Eastern Orthodox history, memory and politics in Montenegro postYugoslavia. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Saggau, Emil Hilton, 1988- Nationalisation of the sacred New York : Peter Lang, 2023 9781433197420 |
| Genre/form | Church history. |
| LCCN | 2023033520 |
| ISBN | 9781433197413 |
| ISBN | 1433197413 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
