Islam, Christianity, and Secularism in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe

The Last Half Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51155-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 129, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Reihe: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia

Is there a “return to the religious” in post-Communist Eastern Europe that differs from religious trends in the West and the Middle East? Looking beyond immediate events, this book situates public talk about religion and religious practice in the longue durée of the two entangled pasts —Byzantine and Ottoman—that implicitly underpin contemporary politics. Islam, Christianity, and Secularism situates Bulgaria in its wider region, indicating ongoing Middle Eastern, Russian, and other European influences shaping patterns of religious identity. The chapters point to overlapping and complementary views of ethno-religious belonging and communal practices among Orthodox Christians and Muslims throughout the region.

Contributors are Dale F. Eickelman, Simeon Evstatiev, Kristen Ghodsee, Galina Evstatieva, Ilia Iliev, Daniela Kalkandjieva, Plamen Makariev, Momchil Metodiev, Daria Oreshina, Ivan Zabaev and Angeliki Ziaka.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evstatiev, Simeon

Eickelman, Dale F

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Gesellschaft, Kirche und Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note on Transliteration

Introduction: On the Eastern Edge of Europe: Christianity, Islam, and the Bulgarian Political Imagination

Dale F. Eickelman and Simeon Evstatiev

Part I: SECULARISM IN BULGARIA AND ITS REGION

1: Byzantine and Ottoman Pasts, Modern Politics: Religious Belongings and Balkan Secularities

Simeon Evstatiev and Dale F. Eickelman

2: Regulating Religious Freedoms in the 21st Century: Nationality, Religion, and Symphonic Secularism

Kristen Ghodsee

3: Salafism is Coming: “Balkan” versus “Arab” Islam in Bulgaria under Milletic Secularism

Simeon Evstatiev

Part II: CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM MEN AND WOMEN UNDER STATE ATHEISM AND POSTSOCIALIST SECULARISM

4: Symbols and Identity in Bulgaria: Communist Atheism and Western Secularism

Momchil Metodiev

5: Caesar and God in Public Space: Religious and Secular Discourse in Post-Atheist Bulgaria

Daniela Kalkandjieva

6: Hijab in Contemporary Bulgaria: Muslim Views on Women’s Veiling

Galina Evstatieva

7: Fasting and Aging in a Bulgarian Muslim Community

Ilia Iliev

Part III: RELIGION, PUBLICITY, AND CONCEALMENT IN ORTHODOX-MAJORITY SOCIETIES

8: Parallel Paths: Christian-Muslim Symbiosis and Religious Education in Greece

Angeliki Ziaka

9: The Russian Orthodox Church: Federal Visibility versus Local-Level Concealment

Ivan Zabaev and Daria Oreshina

10: Religion and the Challenges of Public Legitimization: The Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Plamen Makariev

Note on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Simeon Evstatiev is Professor of Near Eastern history and Islamic studies at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohdridski (Bulgaria). His books include Religion and Politics in the Arab World (2nd ed., 2012) and Salafism in the Middle East and the Boundaries of Faith (2018).

Dale F. Eickelman is Research Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College (U.S.A.). His books include Russia’s Muslim Frontiers (edited, 1993), The Middle East and Central Asia (4th ed., 2002), and Muslim Politics (with James Piscatori, new edition, 2004).