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'Faith in nation comes in different guises': modernist versions of religious nationalism
Many scholars of nationalism seem to assume that religious nationalism
is inherently and necessarily hostile to the secular nation-state and to modern
developments in general. The present paper challenges this conviction by drawing on
recent debates among sociologists of religion, and it points to the existence of modernist
versions of religious nationalism that acknowledge the legitimacy of the secular nationstate
and are generally sympathetic to modern developments. It examines one of the
most prominent manifestations of this variety of nationalism, namely Protestant
modernist nationalism. After a brief consideration of cases from nineteenth century
Europe, the remainder of the paper focuses on the modernist religious nationalisms
arising in post-Cold War Eastern Europe, with a special focus on Slovenia.
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Citation
MIHELJ, S., 2007. 'Faith in nation comes in different guises': modernist versions of religious nationalism. Nations and Nationalism, 13 (2), pp. 265-284Publisher
© BlackwellVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2007Notes
The final definitive version of this paper has been published in Nations and Nationalism [© Blackwell]. It is available at www.blackwell-synergy.comLanguage
- en