The importance of “protestantisation” for the shift in the Serbian culture model in the eighteenth century Cover Image

Znaczenie „protestantyzacji” dla zmiany modelu kultury serbskiej w wieku XVIII
The importance of “protestantisation” for the shift in the Serbian culture model in the eighteenth century

Author(s): Dorota Gil
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Orthodoxy; Protestantism; University of Halle; Pietism; Enlightenment;

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this article is the shift in the Serbian culture model in the eighteenth century that took place not only as a result of the well-known “turn to Russia” (in fact, an adoption of the Polish-Ukrainian-Russian pattern shaped in the first Polish Republic), but also under the significant influence of the Protestant models. The importance of Protestant schools and the University of Halle, rather poorly studied, reveals a great sense of “protestantisation” in the deep transformation of Serbian culture and that of most of the other Orthodox Slavic nations and the Orthodoxy itself. This is important especially with regard to the Pietistic ideas, combined with those of the Enlightenment, promoted by these centres.

  • Issue Year: 56/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 97 - 106
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish