The Relations between State and 
Religious Institutions: the Bulgarian Case Cover Image

Отношенията между държава и религиозни институции: българският случай
The Relations between State and Religious Institutions: the Bulgarian Case

Author(s): Maya Grekova, Iva Kyurkchieva, Maya Kosseva
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Civil Society, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Developing nations, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Rural and urban sociology, Political Ecology, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Period(s) of Nation Building, History of Communism, History of European Union, Inter-Ethnic Relations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Globalization, Politics and Identity
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: national state;religious institution;Christian life;Muslim;anthropology;

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this article is to outline the basic tensions in contemporary Bulgarian society concerning the intertwining of religion and secularism through the prism of relations between national state and different religious organizations and individuals.The general goal is to combine the presentation of national historical context, existing legislation and the current social debate based on anthropological fieldwork.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 465-481
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian