The Religious Identity of Banatian Bulgarians – The Palćans in Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14713713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Slobodan Vasić (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801 |
| Publisher | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21301/eap.v17i1.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4366387285 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The paper presents a comparative study of religious identity in countries that share similar sociopolitical circumstances, namely socialism/communism and postsocialism. The analysis is based on field research, and the chosen subject of study is the ethnic group of Banatian Bulgarians, whose members live on the territory of Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. The paper suggests that different regulatory practices by governments have had different effects on religious identity, and that other social factors, such as the size of the communities and language use, are also significant. Religion in the socialist/communist period was most strictly regulated in Bulgaria, where religious tradition was disrupted, while in Serbia the traditional component of religious identity was preserved in the private sphere, and in Romania secularization was present in some social strata. In postsocialism religion has been revitalized, and data suggest that a high level of religiousness is related to the ability to use one’s first language in church, which, in our study, is the case in Romania
Aesthetics · Art · Bulgarian · Communism · Communist state · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Identity (music · Political science · Religious identity · Romanian · Secularization · Social science · Socialism · Sociology · Anthropology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · Law
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Psychological Aspects of the Role of Religion in Identity Construction
Desecularization
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The Hidden Sphere of Religious Searches in the Soviet Union
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Towards an Integrated Perspective of the Processes Related to the Descriptive Concept of Secularization
Secularization and Aging in Britain
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |