1st Edition
Negotiating Marian Apparitions The Politics of Religion in Transcarpathian Ukraine
By Agnieszka Halemba
Copyright 2015
328 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This book concerns the politics of religion as expressed through apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Dzhublyk in Transcarpathian Ukraine. On the one hand, the analysis provides insights into the present position of Transcarpathia in regional, Ukraine-wide, and European struggles for identity and political belonging. The way in which the apparitions site has been conceived and managed raises... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of maps and photographs, Note on transliteration, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Apparitions at Dzhublyk and Modern Apparitional Patterns, Chapter 3 Nation and Church in Transcarpathia, Chapter 4 Authority of the Priests, Chapter 5 Call for Unity and Management of “Divergent Devotions”, Chapter 6 Conclusions, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Agnieszka Halemba, Centre of History and Culture of East/Central Europe (GWZO), University of Leipzig.
