WILLIAM H. SWATOS, JR., is Editor of Sociology of Religion, the offical journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. He is the author, co-author, and editor of a number of books, including For Democracy (Greenwood, 1993) and Time, Place, and Circumstance (Greenwood, 1990).

• Tables and Figures Preface Traditions and Transitions: Reflections on the Problems and Prospects for Religions in Eastern and Central Europe by Roberto Cipriani Religio-Nationalist Subcultures in the Soviet Union: Comparisons and Conceptual Refinements by Hank Johnston Religion in Post-Communist Countries: A Comparative Study of Religiousness in Byelorussia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Poland by Irena Borowik The New Europe and the Value Orientations of Young People: East-West Comparisons by Luigi Tomasi From Glasnost to Dukhovnost?: The Commonwealth's Alienation Crisis by Patricia Ann Wasely Lomire Religious and National Identity of Russians by Natalia Dinello Churches, Politics and Society in Post-Communist East-Central Europe by Ivan Varga Religion, Communism, and Democracy in Central Europe: The Polish Case by Patrick Michel The Crash of the Sacred Canopy in Polish Society: A Systems Theory Approach by Enzo Pace The Church as Catalyst in East Germany's Freedom Movement by Karen C. Hartley Germany's Reconstruction: The Role of the Eastern German Evangelical Church before and after Reunification by Robert E. Beckley, H. Paul Chalfant, and D. Paul Johnson Social and Ethical Aspects of the Development of the Slovak Evangelical Church in the 20th Century by Vasil Gluchman Medjugorje and the Crisis in Yugoslavia by Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea Bibliography Index