Expanding religion
| Titel: | Expanding religion : religious revival in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe / Miklós Tomka |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011 |
| Umfang: | VIII, 258 Seiten : Diagramme ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Religion and society ; 47 |
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| ISBN: | 9783110228151 |
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- 1
- Does religion in Eastern and Central Europe matter?
- p. 1
- The religious situation in Eastern and Central Europe - to whom is it important?
- p. 1
- Religious growth - the two sides of the coin
- p. 4
- What do we mean when we talk about religion, being religious? - The religious system
- p. 9
- What are our sources of information concerning religiosity and churches in Eastern and Central Europe?
- p. 19
- 2
- Public opinion on religion and the churches
- p. 27
- Notions of religion and religious people
- p. 27
- Public opinion on the churches
- p. 40
- 3
- Revival? Crisis? Metamorphosis? - Versions of religious change
- p. 61
- What do people think of religious change?
- p. 62
- Ideological identity - Do people consider themselves to be religious?
- p. 69
- Faith and beliefs
- p. 83
- Belief in God
- p. 84
- Images of God
- p. 86
- Belief in Jesus and other beliefs
- p. 88
- Traditional church belief and folk beliefs
- p. 94
- Religious or believer?
- p. 100
- Conclusion: Pluralism of beliefs
- p. 104
- Religious worship - the act of turning towards the sacred
- p. 105
- Celebrations of turning points in life
- p. 105
- Church attendance
- p. 110
- Prayer
- p. 114
- Religious objects
- p. 118
- Folk and heterodox religious practices
- p. 120
- Conclusion: The permanence of worship
- p. 123
- The hidden dimension of religion: experiences and emotions
- p. 124
- 4
- A role of religion in the organization of life
- p. 130
- The meaning of life
- p. 133
- Who are satisfied and happy?
- p. 136
- Religion and morality
- p. 139
- Human relations
- p. 141
- Family and child
- p. 144
- Endorsement of the family
- p. 146
- Option for children
- p. 153
- Male and female roles
- p. 158
- Responsibility for the elderly
- p. 162
- Social commitments
- p. 166
- Religion, politics, public affairs
- p. 171
- Work ethics
- p. 179
- Religion and nation
- p. 182
- 5
- Assortments of religion
- p. 190
- Religion in the succession of generations
- p. 192
- Religiosity in the structure of society
- p. 205
- Denominations
- p. 208
- Case study 1
- Latvia
- p. 212
- Case study 2
- Czech Republic
- p. 214
- Case study 3
- Slovakia
- p. 217
- Case study 4
- Hungary
- p. 218
- Spatial structure, geographical distribution
- p. 228
- 6
- The prospects for religious development
- p. 238
- Bibliography
- p. 241
- Index of Names
- p. 255
