Table of Contents

Contents; Preface; 1. Nation, Religion and Fundamentalism; 2. Orthodoxy and Serbian National Identity; 3. Homo-Femina Serbicus; 4. The Pursuit of "Secular" Salvation; 5. The Pursuit of "Sacrificial" Salvation; 6. "To Love Your Neighbour as Yourself"; 7. The Balkan Orthodox Commonwealth; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

About the Author

Christos Mylonas Ph.D., is a political scientist/analyst, whose work and academic interests have revolved around the issues of nationalism, ethnicity and conflict resolution, with a focus on the area of the former Yugoslavia. A graduate of the University of London, he has taught at SSEES/UCL, participated in OSCE electoral missions in the Balkans, commented for the BBC World Service and collaborated with the United Nations (DPA/Americas and Europe Division), in New York.

Reviews

"Its most important contribution is to elaborate how Serbian Orthodoxy forms a sense of holiness in creating autonomous ethnic religious structures, a lineage of ethnic saints drawn from the ruling dynasty, vernacular scriptures and ceremonies, that then construct a sacred history, focusing on the Kosovo myth."--John Hutchinson, London School of Economics