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Religiosity in Central and Eastern Europe: Results from the PCE 2000 Survey in Comparison

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Church and Religion in Contemporary Europe

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“Religion and churches are the new champions after 1990” (Borowik/Tomka 2001a: 7). How should we interpret this statement, which reflects the essence of a publication entitled “Religion and Social Change in Post-Communist Europe” (Borowik/Tomka 2001b)? Has religion replaced Marxism-Leninism, which has long lost its hegemony as the “only true” (that is “scientific”) Weltanschauung in communism? Is there indeed a religious revival, i.e. have the people in Central and Eastern Europe become more religious (cf. Tomka 2001: 12)? Or has religion merely reappeared after having survived in the underground during the communist period? More generally: to what extent are the churches and religion socially significant in post-communist countries today?

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Müller, O. (2009). Religiosity in Central and Eastern Europe: Results from the PCE 2000 Survey in Comparison. In: Pickel, G., Müller, O. (eds) Church and Religion in Contemporary Europe. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91989-8_6

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