Background The period since World War II has been marked by a dominant liberal global
culture shaped by rationalized markets and polities, where economic freedoms are …

Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu examine the relationship between religion and politics in
ten former communist Eastern European countries. Contrary to widespread theories of …

Religion as a Conversation Starter is the first comprehensive analysis of the present state of
interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding in Southeast Europe. It is based on empirically …

This article considers how institutional differences among Orthodox Churches in Central and
Eastern Europe affect mass attitudes about homosexuality. Drawing from literature on elite …

As a post-communist country still transitioning from a culture of segregation of people with
disability, Romania marks a distinct cultural space for studying the attitudes towards …

Against the background of church–state relations in contemporary Romania, this article
explores the question of the construction of places of worship by the Romanian Orthodox …

Among religious denominations in Romania, the dominant Orthodox Church has been the
closest to the state, often positioning itself in opposition to the budding civil society. The …

The demise of the Communist Party's monopoly over education in Europe created a new
dilemma for educational leaders in post-Communist states. 1 They faced a difficult question …

Only Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has survived a post-crisis election. Italy's Silvio
Berlusconi and Greece's Georgios Papandreou were replaced by technocrats. Jonathan …

In December 2006, after years of debate, the Romanian parliament passed the country's first
postcommunist law on religious freedom and the status of religious denominations. This …