FUNDAMENTALIST TENDENCIES OF SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY Cover Image

FUNDAMENTALISTIČKE SKLONOSTI SRPSKOG PRAVOSLAVLJA
FUNDAMENTALIST TENDENCIES OF SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

Author(s): Dijana Gaćeša
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: BCBP Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku

Summary/Abstract: This paper will analyze the possibility of considering Serbian Orthodox Christianity within the concept of religious fundamentalism. At the turn of the 20th century, the Serbian Orthodox Church has been mostly passive either in attempts to seriously contribute to the development of the human and religious rights in Serbia, or in willingness to accept any kind of responsibility for the local and global social conditions. Although that situation has recently started to change on the level of the Church’s rhetoric, awareness of the principles and imperatives of modern times does not on its own mean that they can be easily put in practice. This study attempts to provide a possible analytical framework for the comprehension of complex interrelatedness of religious, political and cultural dimensions of contemporary Serbian society.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 7-8
  • Page Range: 94-110
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian