| Title: | The problem with courtesy : wooing the Catholic Church in late socialist Slovenia |
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| Authors: | ID Ramšak, Jure (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://ojs.zrs-kp.si/index.php/poligrafi/article/view/471
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
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| Abstract: | particularly in comparison with the neighbouring republic of Croatia, where the ethnicization of religion, beginning in the early 1970s, was rather pronoun-ced, relations between the Catholic Church and state authorities in Slovenia – the northernmost republic of Yugoslavia – remained relatively calm and cooperative throughout the late socialist period. Based on an analysis of a wide range of pu-blic and archival documents, this paper demonstrates how Slovenian religious policy was proposed as a sophisticated example of how believers could be success-fully integrated into modern socialist society, and was presented as such to Vati-can diplomats, international experts, and foreign journalists. Up until 1990, the communication between party officials and the Church hierarchy conveyed a di-stinct tone of courtesy, and local priests generally encountered a supportive or at least unobstructive attitude when, for instance, proposing the construction of new churches. At the same time, however, the more independent intellectuals, Catholi-cs and Marxists alike, who urged the party to abandon its orthodox Marxist-Leni-nist understanding of religion in favour of a genuine dialogue, were marginalized. Thus, a proper debate about a topic so essential for socialist secular society never took place, and the late socialist religious policy left behind an ambiguous legacy. |
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| Keywords: | Church-State relations, Yugoslavia, Slovenia, self-management socialism, civil rights of believers |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 07.07.2025 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2025 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 141-161 |
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| Numbering: | Let. 30, št. 117/118 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-23214  |
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| UDC: | 94(497.4) |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-8828 |
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| DOI: | 10.35469/poligrafi.2025.471 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 244919043 |
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| Copyright: | Copyright (c) 2025 Jure Ramsak |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 05.08.2025 |
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| Views: | 309 |
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