Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened

approx. 347 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-28307-7
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 652 g

Reihe: Brill

Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Open. The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe offers an account of the research focused on the origins, development and the current situation of the Study of Religions in the 20th century in countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia.

Special attention is devoted to the ideological influences determining the interpretation of religion, especially connected with the rise of Marxist-Leninist criticism of religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bubík, Tomáš

Hoffmann, Henryk

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichte der Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Tomáš Bubík, Ph.D. (1967) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pardubice. He has published a number of works about history and methodology of Religious Studies, including Ceské bádání o náboženství ve 20. století (The Czech Study of Religions in the 20th Century, Cervený Kostelec 2010). He is also the editor in chief of the journal Pantheon.

Henryk Hoffmann, Ph.D. (1953) is Professor of Religious Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He has published number of works about history and methodology of Religious Studies, including Dzieje polskich badan religioznawczych 1873-1939 (The History of Polish Religious Studies 1873-1939, Kraków 2004). He is also the editor in chief of the journal Nomos. Czasopismo religioznawcze.

Contributors are: Tomáš Bubík, David Václavík, Henryk Hoffmann, András Máté-Tóth, Csaba Máté Sarnyai, Ülo Valk, Tarmo Kulmar, Janis Priede, Liudmyla O. Fylypovych, Jurij O. Babinov, and Ekaterina Elbakyan.