Martin Pácha
Biographic Data
| ID | 4602926 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Pácha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Pácha |
| SIGNATURE | PÁCHA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of History |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8202-3251 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transforming the Religious Field
After the 1989 revolutions, minority faiths in Central and Eastern Europe entered a purportedly liberal era, yet many continued to navigate institutions still structured by socialist‐era categories. Drawing on Bourdieu's concept of the religious field, this article examines how the Czechoslovak state treated Jehovah's Witnesses during this regime transformation. In the early 1990s, the new authorities reserved state subsidies, religious education…
Between Repression, Chaos and Uncertainty
Crackdown on religious institutions characterised the onset of the postwar communist dictatorships in East Central Europe. The literature commonly assumes that the new religious policies were influenced by the Soviet Union. However, the adoption of the Soviet blueprint was not straightforward and manifested differently across various regions. This article analyses the implementation process by examining the treatment of nonlegalised religious min…
The Limits of Religious Plurality
This article examines the religious conditions in Post-Stalinist Czechoslovakia on the example of the Pentecostal movement. It enlarges the classical research scope done on a church-state axis by focusing on a minority religious group, which is not only oppressed by the system driven by atheistic imperatives but also must compete with the rival religious organization. By using the concept of the religious field, the study argues that the state so…
The Limits of Religious Plurality
This article examines the religious conditions in Post-Stalinist Czechoslovakia on the example of the Pentecostal movement. It enlarges the classical research scope done on a church-state axis by focusing on a minority religious group, which is not only oppressed by the system driven by atheistic imperatives but also must compete with the rival religious organization. By using the concept of the religious field, the study argues that the state so…
The Limits of Religious Plurality
This article examines the religious conditions in Post-Stalinist Czechoslovakia on the example of the Pentecostal movement. It enlarges the classical research scope done on a church-state axis by focusing on a minority religious group, which is not only oppressed by the system driven by atheistic imperatives but also must compete with the rival religious organization. By using the concept of the religious field, the study argues that the state so…
Between Repression, Chaos and Uncertainty
Crackdown on religious institutions characterised the onset of the postwar communist dictatorships in East Central Europe. The literature commonly assumes that the new religious policies were influenced by the Soviet Union. However, the adoption of the Soviet blueprint was not straightforward and manifested differently across various regions. This article analyses the implementation process by examining the treatment of nonlegalised religious min…
Transforming the Religious Field
After the 1989 revolutions, minority faiths in Central and Eastern Europe entered a purportedly liberal era, yet many continued to navigate institutions still structured by socialist‐era categories. Drawing on Bourdieu's concept of the religious field, this article examines how the Czechoslovak state treated Jehovah's Witnesses during this regime transformation. In the early 1990s, the new authorities reserved state subsidies, religious education…
Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Soviet and Russian History (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Central European national history (1 work)