Egdūnas Račius
Biographic Data
| ID | 318659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Egdūnas Račius |
| GIVEN NAMES | Egdūnas |
| FAMILY NAME | Račius |
| SIGNATURE | RAČIUS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vytautas Magnus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8296-4062 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Awareness of the LGBTIQ+ Situation in Muslim Majority Environments and its Socio-legal Consequences in the Lithuanian Asylum System
The present research, based on semi-structured interviews with individuals working in the Lithuanian asylum system, is devoted to uncovering to what extent cultural ignorance and Orientalism/ Muslimophobia may have a role in the practical workings of the asylum system in Lithuania. The research reveals that, although some of the interviewees recycle orientalising tropes about intolerant and violent Muslim majority states and their societies, espe…
Introduction to the Special Issue
This special issue is intended to provide insights into the evolving dynamics in offline and online Islamic religious guidance and practice in Eurasia. The four articles share a common focus on the role of digital and online environments in shaping Islamic religious knowledge transmission and community engagement within Muslim minority contexts in CEE countries (Lithuania, Hungary and Poland) and also the CIS
The Reluctant Custodians of Religion
The present research, based on the analysis of the Lithuanian language Online Islamic Environments ( OIE s) and in-depth semi-structured interviews with leading figures in local Muslim religious organizations, sought to answer the question of to what extent Lithuania’s Muslim institutional actors have realized the purported potential of the OIE s and have been utilizing them for their own benefit. The research revealed that the Lithuanian Muslim …
«Churchification of Islam» – a by-product of governance of religion in contemporary nation states
The article looks at the governance of Islam in contemporary nation states through the prism of what is called ‘churchification’ of Islam. The notion of church here is taken as a pure sociological category free of any Christian connotations, although, admittedly, the early stage of conceptualization of church sociologically, by Ernst Troeltsch and Max Weber, was to a great extent based on analysis of Christian colletivities. It is argued in the a…
Galina Miškinienė. The Kitab of Ivan Lutskevich
Publisher: Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Journal: Lietuvos etnologija / Lithuanian ethnology, Title: Galina Miškinienė. The Kitab of Ivan Lutskevich - A Monument of Lithuanian Tatar Culture, Authors: Egdūnas Račius
Governance of religious diversity in Central Europe
Central European countries with a historically dominant Roman Catholic heritage belong to a particular cluster in respect to the governance of religion. This paper focuses on Hungary and Slovakia and addresses the effect of religious nationalism on the regimes of governance of religion in the two countries. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a brief period of neutral stance towards religion, which was characterized by liberal values. Wi…
Introduction
Although decades have passed since the constituent republics of what used to be the USSR and the member-states of its satellite Warsaw Pact dropped off the communist rule, in many regards, the countries of Eastern Europe continue to be in transition. One of the areas where this transition is clearly observable in these countries is the governance of religious diversity. In the aftermath of the collapse of communism, most of the states in the regi…
Religious terminology in Islamic literature in the Lithuanian language
Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia
This book discusses the evolution of state governance of Islam and the nature and forms of local Muslims’ rediscovery of their ‘Muslimness’ across post-communist Eurasia. It examines the effects on the Islamic scene of the political and ideological divergence of Central and South-Eastern Europe from Russia and most of the Caucasus and Central Asia. Of particular interest are the implications of the proliferation of new, ‘global’ interpretations o…
Dynamics in state-religion relations in postcommunist Central Eastern Europe and Russia
The contribution aims to provide an exposition of the recent dynamics in state-religion relations in Central Eastern Europe (specifically in Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia) and Russia through the prism of the typology of modes of governance of religious diversity. Additionally, the present research complements this framework by taking into account the unique characteristics of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Though the countries of the r…
Gulnaz Sibgatullina, Languages of Islam and Christianity in Post-Soviet Russia
The Legal Notion of “Traditional” Religions in Lithuania and Its Sociopolitical Consequences
Lithuania formally distinguishes between what it terms “traditional,” “state-recognized,” “registered,” and “unregistered” religions. Though constitutionally Lithuania is a secular state and all religions are declared equal vis-à-vis the state, religious communities recognized as “traditional” have, nonetheless, been favored by the state. They have been granted preferential treatment both in the legislation and extralegal handling by various stat…
Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe
In Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe: Between Churchification and Securitization Egdūnas Račius reveals how not only the governance of religions but also practical politics in post-communist Eastern Europe are permeated by the strategies of churchification and securitization of Islam. Though most Muslims and the majority of researchers of Islam hold to the view that there may not be church in Islam, material evidence suggests that the repres…
Orthodox Churches and the ‘Othering’ of Islam and Muslims in Today’s Balkans
The article focuses on the relation between the socio-legal status of national Orthodox Churches and their role in the legal, institutional and social ‘othering’ of Islam and ethnic groups of Muslims in three Balkans countries, namely, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia. The research reveals that the state-pursued construction of national identity and politics of belonging are expressly permeated by ethno-confessional nationalism, which is at t…
Moving In and Out of Islam
With empirical case studies from Western and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, and the Middle East, this anthology opens a new field of study by exploring people’s rationales for leaving, as well as converting to, Islam.
Muslims in Eastern Europe
A comparative analysis of key Islamic ity platforms and their debates
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 7
ISBN 978-90-04-29889-7 (e-book)
The Apostates
Islam in Europe
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 6
This is the post-refereed, pre-print version of an article in Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 6, pp. 317-333 published by Brill, 2014.
Features of Salafism Among Lithuanian Converts to Islam
Both Muslim and European? An Inquiry into the Case of the Muslim Community in Lithuania
The article analyses the Lithuanian case as an example of Muslim presence in North-Eastern Europe. The theoretical foundation of the article is Nira Yuval-Davis’ ideas found in her 2006 article “Belonging and the politics of belonging.” Nira Yuval-Davis’ outline of “an analytical framework for the study of belonging and the politics of belonging”1 has been instrumentalised in the present research on narratives of belonging and inclusion of Lithua…
A Different Approach to the History of Islam and Muslims in Europe
While the ever more strongly felt presence of Muslims in western Europe has already stimulated numerous scholars of various social sciences to embark upon research on issues related to that presence, it is apparent that just a few studies and introductory text books have so far dealt with the evolution of Muslim communities in other parts of Europe, especially in countries of central, eastern, and northern Europe. Without appreciation of and comp…
Al Qaeda in Its Own Words
Online version ISSN: 1743-9647. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions (2000 - 2010); Dabartinis pavadinimas: Politics, Religion & Ideology (nuo 2011- ), Print ISSN: 2156-7689, Online ISSN: 2156-7697
Islam in the Baltic
Journal Article Islam in the Baltic: Europe's Early Muslim Community Get access Islam in the Baltic: Europe's Early Muslim Community. By Harry Norris. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2009. 240pp. $85.00. Egdūnas Račius Egdūnas Račius Vilnius UniversityVilnius, Lithuania [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 51, Issue 3, Summer 2009, Pages 531–533, https://doi.or…
Governance of religious diversity in Central Europe
Central European countries with a historically dominant Roman Catholic heritage belong to a particular cluster in respect to the governance of religion. This paper focuses on Hungary and Slovakia and addresses the effect of religious nationalism on the regimes of governance of religion in the two countries. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a brief period of neutral stance towards religion, which was characterized by liberal values. Wi…
Pomodernus modernybės atsakas
Review: Gellner, Ernest. 1992. Postmodernizmas, protas ir religija. Vilnius: Pradai
Islam in Lithuania
Islam in the Baltic
Journal Article Islam in the Baltic: Europe's Early Muslim Community Get access Islam in the Baltic: Europe's Early Muslim Community. By Harry Norris. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2009. 240pp. $85.00. Egdūnas Račius Egdūnas Račius Vilnius UniversityVilnius, Lithuania [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 51, Issue 3, Summer 2009, Pages 531–533, https://doi.or…
A Different Approach to the History of Islam and Muslims in Europe
While the ever more strongly felt presence of Muslims in western Europe has already stimulated numerous scholars of various social sciences to embark upon research on issues related to that presence, it is apparent that just a few studies and introductory text books have so far dealt with the evolution of Muslim communities in other parts of Europe, especially in countries of central, eastern, and northern Europe. Without appreciation of and comp…
Al Qaeda in Its Own Words
Online version ISSN: 1743-9647. Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions (2000 - 2010); Dabartinis pavadinimas: Politics, Religion & Ideology (nuo 2011- ), Print ISSN: 2156-7689, Online ISSN: 2156-7697
Both Muslim and European? An Inquiry into the Case of the Muslim Community in Lithuania
The article analyses the Lithuanian case as an example of Muslim presence in North-Eastern Europe. The theoretical foundation of the article is Nira Yuval-Davis’ ideas found in her 2006 article “Belonging and the politics of belonging.” Nira Yuval-Davis’ outline of “an analytical framework for the study of belonging and the politics of belonging”1 has been instrumentalised in the present research on narratives of belonging and inclusion of Lithua…
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 6
This is the post-refereed, pre-print version of an article in Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, 6, pp. 317-333 published by Brill, 2014.
Features of Salafism Among Lithuanian Converts to Islam
Islam in Europe
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 7
ISBN 978-90-04-29889-7 (e-book)
The Apostates
Muslims in Eastern Europe
A comparative analysis of key Islamic ity platforms and their debates
Moving In and Out of Islam
With empirical case studies from Western and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, and the Middle East, this anthology opens a new field of study by exploring people’s rationales for leaving, as well as converting to, Islam.
The Legal Notion of “Traditional” Religions in Lithuania and Its Sociopolitical Consequences
Lithuania formally distinguishes between what it terms “traditional,” “state-recognized,” “registered,” and “unregistered” religions. Though constitutionally Lithuania is a secular state and all religions are declared equal vis-à-vis the state, religious communities recognized as “traditional” have, nonetheless, been favored by the state. They have been granted preferential treatment both in the legislation and extralegal handling by various stat…
Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe
In Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe: Between Churchification and Securitization Egdūnas Račius reveals how not only the governance of religions but also practical politics in post-communist Eastern Europe are permeated by the strategies of churchification and securitization of Islam. Though most Muslims and the majority of researchers of Islam hold to the view that there may not be church in Islam, material evidence suggests that the repres…
Orthodox Churches and the ‘Othering’ of Islam and Muslims in Today’s Balkans
The article focuses on the relation between the socio-legal status of national Orthodox Churches and their role in the legal, institutional and social ‘othering’ of Islam and ethnic groups of Muslims in three Balkans countries, namely, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia. The research reveals that the state-pursued construction of national identity and politics of belonging are expressly permeated by ethno-confessional nationalism, which is at t…
Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia
This book discusses the evolution of state governance of Islam and the nature and forms of local Muslims’ rediscovery of their ‘Muslimness’ across post-communist Eurasia. It examines the effects on the Islamic scene of the political and ideological divergence of Central and South-Eastern Europe from Russia and most of the Caucasus and Central Asia. Of particular interest are the implications of the proliferation of new, ‘global’ interpretations o…
Dynamics in state-religion relations in postcommunist Central Eastern Europe and Russia
The contribution aims to provide an exposition of the recent dynamics in state-religion relations in Central Eastern Europe (specifically in Hungary, Lithuania, and Slovakia) and Russia through the prism of the typology of modes of governance of religious diversity. Additionally, the present research complements this framework by taking into account the unique characteristics of Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Though the countries of the r…
Gulnaz Sibgatullina, Languages of Islam and Christianity in Post-Soviet Russia
Religious terminology in Islamic literature in the Lithuanian language
«Churchification of Islam» – a by-product of governance of religion in contemporary nation states
The article looks at the governance of Islam in contemporary nation states through the prism of what is called ‘churchification’ of Islam. The notion of church here is taken as a pure sociological category free of any Christian connotations, although, admittedly, the early stage of conceptualization of church sociologically, by Ernst Troeltsch and Max Weber, was to a great extent based on analysis of Christian colletivities. It is argued in the a…
Galina Miškinienė. The Kitab of Ivan Lutskevich
Publisher: Lietuvos istorijos institutas, Journal: Lietuvos etnologija / Lithuanian ethnology, Title: Galina Miškinienė. The Kitab of Ivan Lutskevich - A Monument of Lithuanian Tatar Culture, Authors: Egdūnas Račius
Governance of religious diversity in Central Europe
Central European countries with a historically dominant Roman Catholic heritage belong to a particular cluster in respect to the governance of religion. This paper focuses on Hungary and Slovakia and addresses the effect of religious nationalism on the regimes of governance of religion in the two countries. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a brief period of neutral stance towards religion, which was characterized by liberal values. Wi…
Introduction
Although decades have passed since the constituent republics of what used to be the USSR and the member-states of its satellite Warsaw Pact dropped off the communist rule, in many regards, the countries of Eastern Europe continue to be in transition. One of the areas where this transition is clearly observable in these countries is the governance of religious diversity. In the aftermath of the collapse of communism, most of the states in the regi…
Awareness of the LGBTIQ+ Situation in Muslim Majority Environments and its Socio-legal Consequences in the Lithuanian Asylum System
The present research, based on semi-structured interviews with individuals working in the Lithuanian asylum system, is devoted to uncovering to what extent cultural ignorance and Orientalism/ Muslimophobia may have a role in the practical workings of the asylum system in Lithuania. The research reveals that, although some of the interviewees recycle orientalising tropes about intolerant and violent Muslim majority states and their societies, espe…
Islam (19 works) · Political science (19 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Law (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · History (11 works) · Politics (9 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (9 works) · Religious studies (9 works) · Lithuanian (8 works)