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Religion and Society in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The chapter analyses the relationship between religion and society in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the post-Yugoslav period by focusing on basic sociological data about religion in society and among major ethnic and confessional groups, and by focusing on the relation between religion and social conflicts. While the first part is mainly empirically based, the second one relies on critical readings of authors who wrote about religion and wars, such as Enzo Pace, Mitja Velikonja, Srdjan Vrcan, etc. The main arguments of the chapter are that (a) the process of revitalization of religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina is in its nature and deepness not very different from other post-communist countries ; (b) though religion is deeply connected with different ethnic groups and with overall social process, ethnicization of social and political life is only partly embedded in religion, and (c) therefore, it should be reconsidered what and in which extent could be expected from religion / confessions inside the process of finding political solutions for Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also argues for the need to place the socio-religious changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina into wider, different and contradictory social processes, at the global level.

religion, society, ethnic and confessional belongings, politics, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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