Is conventional sociology of religion able to deal with differences between Eastern and Western European developments?

Social Compass

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-265

  Tomka, Miklós ^a,b  

^a PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Religious Research Centre   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Eastern Orthodoxy; Post tradition; Religion; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744768033     PISSN: 00377686     EISSN: 14617404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037768606064338     Document Type: Article

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