Politicization of Religion, the Power of Symbolism

This book examines the role religion played in the dismantling of Yugoslavia; addressing practical concerns of inter-ethnic fighting, religiously-motivated warfare, and the role religion played within the dissolution of the nation.

It makes an important contribution to scholarship on the religious-political aspects of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s and their aftermath. The book can be useful for anyone wishing to better understand the intersection of religion and identity politics in the region. Even those already familiar with the countries and the issues discussed can gain further valuable insight from the articles that present in-depth exploration and case studies. (Angela Ili, Southeastern Europe, Vol. 41 (3), 2017)

Autorentext
Keith Tester, University of Hull, UK Gorana Ognjenovi?, University of Oslo, Norway Jasna Jozeli?, University of Oslo, Norway Marjan Smrke, University in Ljubljana, Slovenia Nena Mo?nik, University in Ljubljana, Slovenia Frano Prcela, University of Münster Mainz & IMDC Berlin, Germany Adam Lindhagen, University of Stockholm, Sweden Amra Hadzimuhamedovi?, Commission to Preserve National Monuments, Bosnia-Herzegovina Filip Ejdus, University in Belgrade, Serbia Jelena Subotic Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA Zilka Spahi? Harvard Divinity School USA; IUS, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Inhalt
Contents Foreword - A Note on Sociology; Keith Tester Preface; Gorana Ognjenovi? and Jasna Jozeli? 1. Introduction; Gorana Ognjenovi? and Jasna Jozeli? 2. Quo vadis Vlachs? Project C?arnojevic? into the 21st century; Gorana Ognjenovi? 3. Ethno-religious Mimicryin the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Marjan Smrke 4. Religious Symbology and Mythology in Sexual Violence and Rape during the Conflict 1992-1995; Nena Mo?nik 5. The Catholic Pledge in the Croatian Identity; Frano Prcela 6. Political Control and Religious Life at Narona: A Case Ctudy from Antiquity; Adam Lindhagen 7. Three Receptions of Bosnian Identity as Reflected in Religious Architecture; Amra Hadimuhamedovi? 8. Kosovo as Serbia's Sacred Space: Governmentality, Pastoral Power and Sacralization of Territories; Filip Ejdus and Jelena Suboti? 9. Nation, Religion and Gender; Zilka Spahi? Conclusion