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SUMMARY:Sabrina P. Ramet - Religion and Nation | Sober Thought
DESCRIPTION:Religion and Nation\nThere are some puzzles where religion and nationhood are concerned. When did the sense of national belonging first arise and what drove this feeling? Did this sense of national belonging in Eastern Europe arise at the same time? Did Christianity drive the rise of the religio-national  community? How did the Protestant Reformation impact national belonging in religiously divided states such as Hungary and Slovakia? Benedict Anderson (1983) and Ernest Gellner  (1983) tied the rise of national consciousness to modernization and industrialization. With the  industrial revolution coming in the wake of the French Revolution\, the modernist hypothesis  linked the rise of a sense of national belonging to the nineteenth century. This hypothesis was challenged by Anthony D. Smith (1986)\, Adrian Hastings (1997)\, and Patrick Geary (2002)\, who  traced the appearance of national feeling to the early Middle Ages in England\, with national consciousness arising in other countries later. For both the modernists and the premodernists\, the sense of national belonging developed in different countries at different rates. For the modernists\, the key  actors were industrialization and the spread of literacy. For the premodernists\, the role of religion and myth-making. On this point\, Gábor Klaniczay (2002) emphasized the use of canonization for legitimating a dynasty and sacralizing a nation. His work shows the role of Christianity in promoting a sense of religio-national community. A religio-national community presumes religious unity and linguistic unity. Protestantism broke that unity\, giving rise to the Thirty Years’ War. In Eastern Europe\, Poland was severely impacted in the short run\, Bohemia descended into the religiously driven Hussite wars\, and Hungary ended up with three Churches all claiming to be “national”: the Roman Catholic\, Reformed (Calvinist)\, and Lutheran Churches. \nEvent Details:\n📅 Wednesday\, 27 May 2026\n🕑 14:00 EEST \n✅Register for free → https://forms.gle/tXqkwj7pbTZCkgjG8\n💻 Join us online via Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/xvj-ogxd-woc  \n🎓 Free & open to all \nSabrina P. Ramet:\nSabrina P. Ramet is a Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)\, in Trondheim\, Norway. Born in London\, England\, she received her undergraduate degree in philosophy at Stanford University\, her MA in international relations from the University of Arkansas\, and her Ph.D. in political science at UCLA in 1981. She is the author of 16 scholarly books (three of which have been published in Croatian translations)\, co-author of three\, and editor or co-editor of 43 scholarly books (of which 42 have been published to date\, with one in production). Her latest monograph is East Central Europe and Communism:  Politics\, Culture\, and Society\, 1943-1991 (London & New York:  Routledge\, 2023).  She is also the author of two absurdist novellas: Café Bombshell: The International Brain Surgery Conspiracy (Scarith Books\, 2008) and The Curse of the Aztec Dummy (Scarith Books\, 2017) and six volumes of humorous verse. \nAbout Sober Thought: A FERBOPO Forum\nSober Thought: A FERBOPO Forum represents a new series of free online talks exploring the intersections of state\, religion\, and body politics in Romania and Central and Eastern Europe. Over the coming months\, leading scholars will present their work to an open international audience — followed by a live Q&A. Sessions run 60–75 minutes and are free to attend. \nThis event is part of the Sober Thought series — view all upcoming sessions
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CATEGORIES:Sober Thought
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