Naslov
From Incarnation to Identity: The Theological Background of National-Populist Politics in the Western Balkans

Autori
Schmiedel, Ulrich ; Ralston, Joshua

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
The Spirit of Populism: Political Theologies in Polarized Times

Urednik/ci
Schmiedel, Ulrich ; Ralston, Joshua

Izdavač
Brill

Grad
Leiden

Godina
2021

Raspon stranica
149-163

ISBN
978-90-04-49831-0

Ključne riječi
Populism, nationalism, Incarnation, Christianity

Sažetak
The call “We are the people” echoed throughout Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a call for democratic participation in the formation of new states. But “We are the people” also echoes through Europe today, albeit as a call for a ‘true people.’ In today’s South East Europe, particularly in the Western Balkans, populist politics relies on the concept of an ethnically, religiously, and culturally homogenous people, combined with the nationalism that was present in the formation of new nation states during the 1990s. This chapter investigates the theological support for nationalism and patriotism that fuels the populist movements in the countries of the Western Balkans. Zoran Grozdanov analyzes and assesses texts by Pope John Paul II and their reception in the Western Balkan in order to show how the Pope draws his political theological thought about the identities of particular cultural and ethnic groups from the conceptualization of the Incarnation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Teologija

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