Studying Religions With the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened ― The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe

The book provides a systematic treatise about the history and present of the Academic study of Religions in the Central and Eastern Europe. The origins of the discipline can be found as late as the early 20th century, but promising beginnings were disrupted by the rise of the Marxist-Leninist critique of religion. After the political changes in 1989, the field is successfully re-established, particularly in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, and Romania.

Toma? Bubik, Ph.D. (1967) is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pardubice. He has published a number of works about history and methodology of Religious Studies, includingCeske badani o nabo?enstvi ve 20. stoleti (The Czech Study of Religions in the 20th Century, Cerveny Kostelec 2010). He is also the editor in chief of the journalPantheon. Henryk Hoffmann, Ph.D. (1953) is Professor of Religious Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He has published number of works about history and methodology of Religious Studies, includingDzieje polskich badan religioznawczych 1873-1939 (The History of Polish Religious Studies 1873-1939, Krakow 2004). He is also the editor in chief of the journalNomos. Czasopismo religioznawcze.Contributors are: Toma? Bubik, David Vaclavik, Henryk Hoffmann, Andras Mate-Toth, Csaba Mate Sarnyai, Ulo Valk, Tarmo Kulmar, Janis Priede, Liudmyla O. Fylypovych, Jurij O. Babinov, and Ekaterina Elbakyan.