Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Experiencing Religion -- Strategies of Religious Elites -- Religion and Politics -- List of Contributors -- Index of Objects.

People observe and transgress religious borders when they relate with faith and other faiths, when they shape communities, when they make decisions. A group of researchers have joined an inquiry into the forces of religious closure and openness in present-day Central and Eastern Europe. Sociology, political science and history are triangulated to render a clear understanding of the individual experiences of religion and secularity, and of the strategic choices of religious and political elites, taking readers along an exploration of religious identity and otherness.

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