Serbian Orthodox Fundamentals : : The Quest for an Eternal Identity / / Christos Mylonas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Mylonas, Christos,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; Chapter One. NATION, RELIGION AND FUNDAMENTALISM --; Chapter Two. ORTHODOXY AND SERBIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY --; Chapter Three. HOMO SERBICUS --; Chapter Four. THE PURSUIT OF “SECULAR” SALVATION --; Chapter Five. THE PURSUIT OF “SACRIFICIAL” SALVATION --; Chapter Six. “TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF” --; Chapter Seven. THE BALKAN ORTHODOX COMMONWEALTH --; CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9786155211201; 9783110780550
• DOI: 10.1515/9786155211201
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christos Mylonas.

This book is a comprehensive exposition of the interaction of a national (the Serbian people) and a religiou (the Orthodox Christian faith) content, in the formation of a distinctive national identity and a mode of being. Its interdisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, social anthropology, theology, political theory, Balkan historiography, and Serbian folklore, is deployed to provide a powerful and original analysis of how Serbian Orthodoxy has resulted in the sacralisation of the Serbian nation by framing the parameters of its existence. Addresses the following questions: what 'makes' a Serb? Are meaningful assumptions possible by introducing Serbian Orthodoxy as the primal point of reference? Why does religion appear to have an especially strong appeal?