Between Vox Populi and Vox Dei

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Contents
• List of Tables and Figures
• Transliteration Guide
• List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
• Explanation of Tsǎrkoven Vestnik and Pravoslavlje References
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Problem Statement and Central Questions
• 1.2 Theoretical Framework
• 1.3 Research Strategy and Methodology
• 1.4 Primary and Secondary Sources
• 2. The “Incompatibility Thesis”: Is Orthodoxy Compatible with Democracy?
• 2.1 Arguments from Orthodox History
• 2.2 Structural Specifities of Orthodox Societies
• 2.3 The Role of Orthodox Anti-Westernism
• 2.4 Difficulties with Modern Human Rights
• 2.5 Critical Assessment of the “Incompatibility Thesis” and Current Orthodox Political Thought
• 3. Democracy-Building in Bulgaria and Serbia: Key Developments
• 3.1 Modernization Processes and Socio-economic Preconditions of Democracy-Building
• 3.1.1 Serbia and Bulgaria: Evolution and Revolutions
• 3.1.2 Modernization and Socio-economic Conditions After 1989
• 3.2 Party System, Political System and the Transition from Authoritarian Regimes
• 3.3 Social Capital, Civil Society and Nation-Building
• 3.4 The Role of European and International Contexts in Nation-Building
• 4. The Differentiation between Church and State
• 4.1 The Internal Organization of the BOC and the SOC
• 4.1.1 The Constitution of the BOC
• 4.1.2 The Constitution of the SOC
• 4.1.3 Territorial Organization and Infrastructure
• 4.2 Church–State Relations
• 4.2.1 Is There a Complete Church–State Separation in a Democracy?
• 4.2.2 The SOC’s Conflicts with the State before 1945
• 4.2.3 The BOC as the People’s Voice before the State Authorities
• 4.2.4 The Second World War and its Aftermath
• 4.2.5 The Contemporary Situation
• 4.2.6 Other Regulations Implying the State’s Support for Religious Doctrines
• 5. Political Theology and Orthodox Political Organizations
• 5.1 The Political Theology of the SOC
• 5.2 The Political Theology of the BOC
• 5.3 Orthodox Political Organizations in Serbia and Bulgaria
• 6. The BOC, the SOC and Embedding Democracy, 2007–2012
• 6.1 Stateness and EU-related Issues
• 6.2 Vertical Legitimation
• 6.3 Liberal Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law
• 6.4 Effective Power to Govern
• 7. Toward a “Symphonic Democracy”?
• References
• Series index