Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of Contestation

This book review offers a critical assessment of Emil Hilton Saggau’s Nationalisation of the Sacred. Although Saggau’s work seems to propose a concise history of Montenegro through the lens of Orthodox historiography, the main argumentation provides sobering perspectives that unravel a wealth of re...

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Main Author: Francesco Trupia
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences 2024-12-01
Series:Colloquia Humanistica
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Online Access:https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/ch/article/view/3367
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spelling doaj-art-981f16f7a1894efa922f9f8840ba532d2024-12-25T11:29:36ZengInstitute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesColloquia Humanistica2392-24192024-12-011310.11649/ch.3367Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of ContestationFrancesco Trupia0Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika [Nicolaus Copernicus University], Toruń This book review offers a critical assessment of Emil Hilton Saggau’s Nationalisation of the Sacred. Although Saggau’s work seems to propose a concise history of Montenegro through the lens of Orthodox historiography, the main argumentation provides sobering perspectives that unravel a wealth of religious and political issues in Montenegro and South-East Europe in general. https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/ch/article/view/3367MontenegroSerbiaMontenegrin Orthodox ChurchOrthodox historiographymemoryidentity politics
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Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of Contestation
Colloquia Humanistica
Montenegro
Serbia
Montenegrin Orthodox Church
Orthodox historiography
memory
identity politics
title Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of Contestation
title_full Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of Contestation
title_fullStr Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of Contestation
title_full_unstemmed Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of Contestation
title_short Why Religion Matters: Montenegro’s Sacred Nationhood in a Time of Contestation
title_sort why religion matters montenegro s sacred nationhood in a time of contestation
topic Montenegro
Serbia
Montenegrin Orthodox Church
Orthodox historiography
memory
identity politics
url https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/ch/article/view/3367
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