Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and RussiaNihil Obstat—Latin for "nothing stands in the way"—examines the interplay between religion and politics in East-Central Europe and Russia. While focusing on the postcommunist, late twentieth century, Sabrina P. Ramet discusses developments as far back as the eleventh century to explain the patterns that have developed over time and to show how they still affect contemporary interecclesiastical relations as well as those among Church, state, and society. Based on interview research in Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, and Macedonia, and on materials published in German, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, and English, Ramet paints a clear picture of the political and religious fragility of former communist states, which are experiencing some aspects of freedom and choice for the first time. With its comprehensive discussion of the largest religious institutions in the area, especially the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, and its extensive survey of nontraditional religious associations that have become active in the region since 1989, this study makes a distinct contribution to growing discussions about the rise of fundamentalism and the inner dilemmas of modernity. With its depth of information and thoughtful exploration of cultural traditions, Nihil Obstat uniquely presents the ramifications and complexities of European religion in a postcommunist world. |
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Table des matières
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| 10 | |
| 51 | |
| 90 | |
The Catholic Church Among the Czechs and Slovaks | 121 |
Nation and Religion in Yugoslavia | 147 |
Romanias Orthodox Church | 181 |
Albanias Triple Heritage | 202 |
Ukraines Fractious Churches | 246 |
The New Evangelism in Postcommunist | 265 |
A Contrast of the Bulgarian | 275 |
The Rise of Nontraditional Religions | 308 |
The Nature of ReligioPolitical Interaction | 335 |
Notes | 341 |
Index | 409 |
The Russian Orthodox Church in Transition | 229 |
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Page 313 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne...
Page 335 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 335 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Page 313 - And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Page 314 - I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps : and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders ; and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Page 13 - This kind of reactionary culture serves the imperialists and the feudal class and must be swept away. Unless it is swept away, no new culture of any kind can be built up. There is no construction without destruction, no flowing without damming and no motion without rest; the two are locked in a life-and-death struggle.
Page 13 - China also has a semifeudal culture which reflects her semifeudal politics and economy, and whose exponents include all those who advocate the worship of Confucius, the study of the Confucian canon, the old ethical code, and the old ideas in opposition to the new culture and new ideas.
Page 101 - For us, next to God, our first love is Poland. After God one must above all remain faithful to our Homeland, to the Polish national culture.
Page 109 - I believe in one God; I believe in one Fatherland; I believe in one divine hour coming; I believe in the resurrection of Hungary. Amen.

