Religious Markets Under Heavy Regulation: Diversification as a Survival Strategy of the Catholic Church in Communist Countries
The operation of a religious organization under an oppressive regime, such as in communist countries, differs from that in a free society. There is extensive literature on the effects of regulation on competition in religious markets and on the religiosity of a population. Less attention has been gi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 433-449 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Central Europe
/ Ukraine
/ Catholic church
/ Communism
/ Oppression
/ History 1945-1989
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| RelBib Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) KDB Roman Catholic Church SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
religious markets
B Catholic Church B Communism B Repression B Central Europe |
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| Summary: | The operation of a religious organization under an oppressive regime, such as in communist countries, differs from that in a free society. There is extensive literature on the effects of regulation on competition in religious markets and on the religiosity of a population. Less attention has been given to the effects of oppressive regulation that aims to control and possibly eliminate religion rather than to promote a particular religious group. This paper focuses on the specific question of how churches deal with oppressive regulation, particularly how they choose between legal and illegal operation. It proposes that both the official and the black-market way of supplying religious services have some advantages and disadvantages, and that dual operation is advantageous where the regulation is severe. The paper examines the operation of the Catholic Church in Central European countries under communist rule, particularly Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine, and the different strategies adopted by the Church concerning official and underground operation. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12790 |