Religious Liberty in Transitional Societies: The Politics of Religion

by John Anderson

Individuals struggle to find meaning within the chaos of states undergoing political change. Religious elites seek to define their role within the new order while political elites search for new ways to ensure legitimacy and develop national unity. Contrasting the politics of religious liberty in a number of Southern and Eastern European countries, John Anderson explores the broader issue of creating a democratic mentality in such transitional societies. In the process he exposes the use of privilege and discrimination practiced by religious and political elites in these societies.

230 pages, Hardcover

First published August 13, 1999

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John Anderson is a lecturer in International relations at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of several book chapters and journal articles on religion and politics in the former Soviet Bloc, and between 1988 and 1990 he was editor of the Keston College Journal, Religion in Communist Lands.