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Table of Contents:

• 1. Nation, religion and fundamentalism
• Synopsis
• The basic argument
• "And the earth was without form and void"
• What is religion?
• "If God does not exist, He would have to be invented"
• Communio in sacris
• Defining the "national" within the "Serbian"
• The "fundamentalist" discourse
• Accounting for "fundamentalism" in Serbia
• Conclusion
• 2. Orthodoxy and Serbian national identity
• Synopsis
• Introduction
• The "doctrinal" content of orthodoxy
• The creation of man in the "image and likeness of God"
• The triune God: Father, Son and the Holy Spirit
• The "functional" "cultus" content of orthodoxy
• The role of the orthodox liturgy
• The "normative" expressions of orthodoxy

• Baptism and chrismation
• The Eucharist
• The holy matrimony of marriage
• Orthodox iconography
• Serbian orthodoxy
• The foundations of the Serbian orthodoxy
• Orthodoxy as the sacralisation of the Serbian identity
• Krsna slava
• The religious (non) affinity of the Serbs
• Conclusion
• 3. Homo serbicus
• Synopsis
• The moral and ethical construction of the Serbian cosmology
• Homo serbicus (historical and territorial hypostases)
• The "love ethic"
• Honour
• The concept of heroism
• The concept of freedom
• The concepts of justice and vengeance
• Unity in diversity
• The zadruga
• Kumstvo
• Homo serbicus (Balkan mentality)
• Homo serbicus (mere stereotypes?)
• Conclusion
• 4. The pursuit of "secular" salvation
• Synopsis
• "Vox populi or vox dei"?
• Serbian orthodoxy and Yugoslav communism
• Josip Broz Tito
• The Serbian monarchy
• The chetnik movement
• Slobodan Milosevic
• Orthodoxy and the culture of power in Serbia
• Serbian orthodoxy and democracy
• Conclusion
• 5. The pursuit of "sacrificial" salvation
• Synopsis
• National myth(s) and mythogenesis
• The Kosovo battle (1389)
• The legend of Kosovo
• Kosovo: the continuous dialogue between the present and the past
• The Kosovo "sacrifice"
• Conclusion
• 6. "To love your neighbour as yourself"
• Synopsis
• Homo homini lupus
• (Instrumental) violence and orthodoxy
• The Serbian warrior
• The "distortion" of brotherhood and unity
• God of life and death
• Homo et femina nervis laborans (psychosis)?
• Conclusion
• 7. The Balkan orthodox commonwealth
• Synopsis
• Orthodoxy as the sacralisation of Serbianhood
• The Greek orthodoxy
• The Bulgarian orthodoxy
• The Romanian orthodoxy
• Conclusion.

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Author/Creator:

Mylonas, Christos

Contributors:

NetLibrary, Inc.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Serbian orthodox fundamentals: the quest for an eternal identity [by Mylonas, C.]

Subjects:

Srpska pravoslavna crkva — History

Nationalism — Religious aspects — Srpska pravoslavna crkva — History of doctrines

Church and state — Srpska pravoslavna crkva — History

Church and state — Serbia and Montenegro — Serbia — History

Serbia — Religious life and customs

Serbia — Church history

Srpska pravoslavna crkva

Nationalism — Religious aspects — Srpska pravoslavna crkva

Nationalism

Theology, Doctrinal

Church and state — Srpska pravoslavna crkva

Church and state

Church history

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-273) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2003. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

Physical Description:

xvi, 298 pages

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

BX713 .M95 2003eb

ISBNs:

0585464332 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

52839986