Religious Regimes and State Formation: Towards a Research Perspective

Bax, Mart

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“…Order-priests in nineteenth-century Dutch Brabant (Bax 1987); and seventeenth-century New Spain (Oss 1978); seventeenth and eighteenth-century Peru (Spier 1987); and seventeenth-century Eire (Corish 1985) are reported also to have taken recourse to stimulating apparitions in order to defend themselves against diocesan expansionism. The promotion of the Marian devotion by a threatened province of Franciscan friars turned out to be an effective defense strategy against diocesan expansionism.…”

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The Madonna of Medjugorje: Religious Rivalry and the Formation of a Devotional Movement in Yugoslavia

Bax¹

1990

Anthropological Quarterly

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. This content downloaded from 141.Apparitions and pilgrimages have frequently been described in terms of rivalry, tension, and protest within the community of the faithful. Much less attention is paid to religious elites and their role in popular religion. This may be due in part to the nature of data sources, since many descriptions are historical reconstructions. The apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Medjugorje (Yugoslavia) and the subsequent devotional movement provide an opportunity to focus systematically on religious elites, because all the participants are still living. It is argued that the evolution of the Yugoslav devotion is a function of the changing power relations between two categories of religious elites in the area. Although primarily intended as a contemporary case study, the article invites a new look at similar events.[politics of religion, apparitions, pilgrimage, popular religion, Yugoslavia] The church is as much a political actor as the state . . . because it is itself a body subject to internal . . rivalry and the struggle over resources and policies (Ramet 1985b: 315)

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1990

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“…Latin America experienced similar shifting in religious practice and dominance, which created an eventual integration into virtually all areas of society. In past years, Sudan has had a similar fate with the help of Muslim Brotherhood and Sufi organizations in the North (Bax, 1987).…”

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Religiosity in Constitutions and the Status of Minority Rights

Robinson

2014

SSRN Journal

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Minority rights and religion have never been topics that are simultaneously considered. However, arguably, the two have relevance, especially when combined with the topic and theory of constitutionalism. Historically and traditionally, minorities have been granted certain rights and have been denied certain rights under various constitutions. These grants and denials relate to cultural differences and values, arguably relating to a culture's understanding and interpretation of religion.This article explores the relationship and status of minority rights as it relates to religiosity and constitutionalism. Essentially, there is a correlation between these topics and research shows where certain nations have used religion in a free, liberal manner, its citizens and visitors have less conflict and primarily are content and at peace and its economy have been at its best. This article explores the relationship and status of minority rights as they relate to religiosity and constitutionalism. Historically and traditionally, minorities have been granted certain rights and denied others under various constitutions. These grants and denials relate to cultural differences and values and to a culture's understanding and interpretation of religion. Essentially, there is a correlation between these topics, and research shows that, in situations when certain nations have treated religion in a free, liberal manner, citizens and visitors have less conflict, and are primarily content and at peace, and the economy has been at its best.

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“…Instead, church-state relations were characterized by "antagonistic interdependencies"-the state recognized that the continued visibility and importance of the church maintained a sense of stability among the populace who were faced with major political transformations and postwar chaos (Bax 1991;Swatos 1994). Conversely, the Polish church, witnessing systematic secularization elsewhere in the region, quickly recognized its dependence on the socialist state and the need to make concessions for survival in the new system.…”

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Understanding low fertility in Poland

Mishtal¹

2009

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Religious Regimes and State Formation: Towards a Research Perspective

Cited by 24 publications

References 8 publications

The Madonna of Medjugorje: Religious Rivalry and the Formation of a Devotional Movement in Yugoslavia

The Madonna of Medjugorje: Religious Rivalry and the Formation of a Devotional Movement in Yugoslavia

Religiosity in Constitutions and the Status of Minority Rights

Understanding low fertility in Poland

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