The Social History of Irreligion in Lithuania (from the Nineteenth Century to the Present): Between Marginalization, Monopoly and Disregard?

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Social History of Irreligion in Lithuania (from the Nineteenth Century to the Present): Between Marginalization, Monopoly and Disregard?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter analyzes the social history of irreligion – freethinking, nonbelief and atheism – in Lithuania starting from the nineteenth century to the present day. It aims to disclose how the phenomenon of irreligion is manifested in the religious field of Lithuania dominated by Roman Catholicism. The chapter covers three periods of the country’s history starting from the first Republic of Lithuania (1918–1938), the Second World War and Soviet period (1939–1989) and the second Republic of Lithuania (1989 – to present) and is structured accordingly. The author argues that the position of the phenomenon of irreligion in Lithuania differed under various political regimes. During the periods of independence of the Republic of Lithuania, irreligion was marginalized and/or disregarded due to the dominant position of Roman Catholicism. Throughout the Soviet period, irreligion in the form of scientific atheism was provided as the main system of meaning for the country’s population in parallel to the limitations of freedom and rights of other religious beliefs and practices. Social research demonstrates that in contemporary Lithuania irreligion is considered to be on the outskirts of public and religious life, atheism being associated with communism and considered a threat to the Catholic majority.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Social History of Irreligion in Lithuania (from the Nineteenth Century to the Present): Between Marginalization, Monopoly and Disregard?

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter analyzes the social history of irreligion – freethinking, nonbelief and atheism – in Lithuania starting from the nineteenth century to the present day. It aims to disclose how the phenomenon of irreligion is manifested in the religious field of Lithuania dominated by Roman Catholicism. The chapter covers three periods of the country’s history starting from the first Republic of Lithuania (1918–1938), the Second World War and Soviet period (1939–1989) and the second Republic of Lithuania (1989 – to present) and is structured accordingly. The author argues that the position of the phenomenon of irreligion in Lithuania differed under various political regimes. During the periods of independence of the Republic of Lithuania, irreligion was marginalized and/or disregarded due to the dominant position of Roman Catholicism. Throughout the Soviet period, irreligion in the form of scientific atheism was provided as the main system of meaning for the country’s population in parallel to the limitations of freedom and rights of other religious beliefs and practices. Social research demonstrates that in contemporary Lithuania irreligion is considered to be on the outskirts of public and religious life, atheism being associated with communism and considered a threat to the Catholic majority.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60304 - Religious studies

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA18-11345S" target="_blank" >GA18-11345S: Ateismus, volnomyšlenkářství a sekularizace v zemích střední a východní Evropy ve 20. a 21. století</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Freethought and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe The Development of Secularity and Non-Religion

ISBN

978-1-03-217379-5

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

155-176

Počet stran knihy

331

Název nakladatele

Routledge

Místo vydání

London

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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