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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 representative Muslim religious organizations in many Eastern European countries have been effectively turned into ecclesiastical-bureaucratic institutions akin to nothing less than ‘national Muslim Churches’. As such, these ‘national Muslim Churches’ themselves take an active part in securitization, advanced by both non-Muslim political and social actors, of certain forms of Islamic religiosity.
Price: $137.00
Pages: 252
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Muslim Minorities
Publication Date:
23 May 2020
ISBN: 9789004425347
Format: Hardcover
‘Račius’ book is one of the best overviews of the macro-trends that run through post-communist Islam in Eastern Europe.’
Gianfranco Bria in Studia Islamica 117 (2022), 375-379.
'Račius’ book stands out as a successful synthesis of research on Islam in Eastern Europe […]. Rather than offering chapters on the individual countries, in each chapter the author juxtaposes the arrangements and constellations in all seven countries that he focuses on. Equally important is that Račius brings the discussion of Eastern European Islam into the broader debate on Islam in Europe.
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This thought-provoking book makes an important contribution to the debate on Islam not only in post-socialist Europe but across the whole of the continent.'
Michael Kemper in Die Welt des Islams 61 (2021), 492-494.
Gianfranco Bria in Studia Islamica 117 (2022), 375-379.
'Račius’ book stands out as a successful synthesis of research on Islam in Eastern Europe […]. Rather than offering chapters on the individual countries, in each chapter the author juxtaposes the arrangements and constellations in all seven countries that he focuses on. Equally important is that Račius brings the discussion of Eastern European Islam into the broader debate on Islam in Europe.
[…]
This thought-provoking book makes an important contribution to the debate on Islam not only in post-socialist Europe but across the whole of the continent.'
Michael Kemper in Die Welt des Islams 61 (2021), 492-494.
Egdūnas Račius, Ph.D. (2004), University of Helsinki, is Professor in Islamic Studies at Vytautas Magnus University, and Senior Researcher in the project Post-secular Condition at Vilnius University, Lithuania. His research focuses on Eastern European Muslim communities. He is the author of Muslims in Eastern Europe (Edinburgh University Press, 2018).