MODIFICATIONS IN THE RELIGIOUS FIELD OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

@article{Pollack2001MODIFICATIONSIT,
  title={MODIFICATIONS IN THE RELIGIOUS FIELD OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE},
  author={Detlef Pollack},
  journal={European Societies},
  year={2001},
  volume={3},
  pages={135 - 165}
}
  • Detlef Pollack
  • Published 1 January 2001
  • Political Science
  • European Societies
The aim of this paper is to analyse the current situation of religion in Central and Eastern Europe. The main question is whether the transformation processes in the former Communist countries are following lines of development comparable to those in the West, or whether completely new patterns of development will emerge in these countries. In order to show how church and religion developed in Central and Eastern Europe different religious dimensions are separated and the interconnections… 
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