Brian Porter-Szucs is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.Bruce Berglund is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Calvin College.

"The main goal of the volume is to unpack the complexities of Christians' actions and those of the Christian clergy and officials in twentieth-century eastern Europe. The second goal is to bring this research to the attention of two audiences: English-language eastern European specialists who, in their opinion, are not doing enough to integrate Christianity into the region's social and cultural history; and scholars of religious history generally, who discount eastern Europe in their discussions of 'European' Christianity. Berglund and Porter-Szucs mounted an admirable international collaborative effort to produce this cohesive and effective book. A well-crafted and pathbreaking volume. The editors and contributors do a noteworthy job of decentering the nation from their investigations of Christianity's engagement with modernity in eastern Europe, presenting Christianity and nationhood in an 'overlapping, horizontal relationship, rather than a causal, vertical one'. This volume should inspire new and innovative English-language research and writing on Christianity and Christians in eastern Europe specifically, and in Europe generally. It also should provoke scholars of religion generally to engage with eastern European Christianity in new ways." - Slavic Review "Taken as a whole and as individual pieces, the book's essays are impressive; they make thought-provoking contributions to the modern religious history of Eastern Europe. The editors and sponsors are to be commended for coordinating the project and bringing it to the attention of English-speaking audiences in a well-edited and engaging collection. This book deserves a wide readership; it will benefit advanced undergraduates as well as specialists in the field. Anyone interested in approaching the complex, intertwined history of Christianity, modernity, and Eastern Europe should read this volume." - H-Net/Habsburg "Of the various dimensions of the 'European project,' the role of religion is one of the more controversial. East European religious traditions are often at odds with those in Western Europe, with lagging modernity and the fifty-year crucible of Communism cited as explanations for the asymmetries. Its borderland function and the challenges posed by European Union enlargement further heighten the relevance of these differences. The present volume aims to enhance the understanding of this religious legacy in Eastern Europe, with some tentative implication for Europe as a whole. The high standard of historical scholarship, the variety of cases, and its interdisciplinary emphasis make the volume quite rewarding for the academic and lay reader alike." - Austrian History Yearbook

• List of Maps, List of Tables, Foreword, Preface, Introduction: Christianity, Christians, and the Story of Modernity in Eastern Europe, Religion in Urban Everyday Life: Shaping Modernity in ?ód? and Manchester, 1820–1914, Christianity, Nation, State: The Case of Christian Hungary, Searching for a “Fourth Path”: Czech Catholicism between Liberalism, Communism, and Nazism, The Roman Catholic Church Navigates the New Slovakia, 1945–1948, Bulwark or Patchwork? Religious Exceptionalism and Regional Diversity in Postwar Polans, Competing Concepts of “Reunification” behind the Liquidation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, From Bottom to the Top and Back: On How to Build a Church in Communist Romania, Human Rights as a Theological and Political Controversy among East German and Czech Protestants, State Management of the Seer Vanga: Power, Medicine, and the “Remaking” of Religion in Socialist Bulgaria, Constructing Peace in the GDR: Conscientious Objection and Compromise among Christians, 1962–1989, On the Ruin of Christendom: Religious Politics and the Challenge of Islam in the New West, Drafting a Historical Geography of East European Christianity, List of Contributors, Index

Brian Porter-Szucs is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.Bruce Berglund is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Calvin College.

"The main goal of the volume is to unpack the complexities of Christians' actions and those of the Christian clergy and officials in twentieth-century eastern Europe. The second goal is to bring this research to the attention of two audiences: English-language eastern European specialists who, in their opinion, are not doing enough to integrate Christianity into the region's social and cultural history; and scholars of religious history generally, who discount eastern Europe in their discussions of 'European' Christianity. Berglund and Porter-Szucs mounted an admirable international collaborative effort to produce this cohesive and effective book. A well-crafted and pathbreaking volume. The editors and contributors do a noteworthy job of decentering the nation from their investigations of Christianity's engagement with modernity in eastern Europe, presenting Christianity and nationhood in an 'overlapping, horizontal relationship, rather than a causal, vertical one'. This volume should inspire new and innovative English-language research and writing on Christianity and Christians in eastern Europe specifically, and in Europe generally. It also should provoke scholars of religion generally to engage with eastern European Christianity in new ways." - Slavic Review "Taken as a whole and as individual pieces, the book's essays are impressive; they make thought-provoking contributions to the modern religious history of Eastern Europe. The editors and sponsors are to be commended for coordinating the project and bringing it to the attention of English-speaking audiences in a well-edited and engaging collection. This book deserves a wide readership; it will benefit advanced undergraduates as well as specialists in the field. Anyone interested in approaching the complex, intertwined history of Christianity, modernity, and Eastern Europe should read this volume." - H-Net/Habsburg "Of the various dimensions of the 'European project,' the role of religion is one of the more controversial. East European religious traditions are often at odds with those in Western Europe, with lagging modernity and the fifty-year crucible of Communism cited as explanations for the asymmetries. Its borderland function and the challenges posed by European Union enlargement further heighten the relevance of these differences. The present volume aims to enhance the understanding of this religious legacy in Eastern Europe, with some tentative implication for Europe as a whole. The high standard of historical scholarship, the variety of cases, and its interdisciplinary emphasis make the volume quite rewarding for the academic and lay reader alike." - Austrian History Yearbook

• List of Maps, List of Tables, Foreword, Preface, Introduction: Christianity, Christians, and the Story of Modernity in Eastern Europe, Religion in Urban Everyday Life: Shaping Modernity in ?ód? and Manchester, 1820–1914, Christianity, Nation, State: The Case of Christian Hungary, Searching for a “Fourth Path”: Czech Catholicism between Liberalism, Communism, and Nazism, The Roman Catholic Church Navigates the New Slovakia, 1945–1948, Bulwark or Patchwork? Religious Exceptionalism and Regional Diversity in Postwar Polans, Competing Concepts of “Reunification” behind the Liquidation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, From Bottom to the Top and Back: On How to Build a Church in Communist Romania, Human Rights as a Theological and Political Controversy among East German and Czech Protestants, State Management of the Seer Vanga: Power, Medicine, and the “Remaking” of Religion in Socialist Bulgaria, Constructing Peace in the GDR: Conscientious Objection and Compromise among Christians, 1962–1989, On the Ruin of Christendom: Religious Politics and the Challenge of Islam in the New West, Drafting a Historical Geography of East European Christianity, List of Contributors, Index

Brian Porter-Szucs is Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.Bruce Berglund is Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Calvin College.

"The main goal of the volume is to unpack the complexities of Christians' actions and those of the Christian clergy and officials in twentieth-century eastern Europe. The second goal is to bring this research to the attention of two audiences: English-language eastern European specialists who, in their opinion, are not doing enough to integrate Christianity into the region's social and cultural history; and scholars of religious history generally, who discount eastern Europe in their discussions of 'European' Christianity. Berglund and Porter-Szucs mounted an admirable international collaborative effort to produce this cohesive and effective book. A well-crafted and pathbreaking volume. The editors and contributors do a noteworthy job of decentering the nation from their investigations of Christianity's engagement with modernity in eastern Europe, presenting Christianity and nationhood in an 'overlapping, horizontal relationship, rather than a causal, vertical one'. This volume should inspire new and innovative English-language research and writing on Christianity and Christians in eastern Europe specifically, and in Europe generally. It also should provoke scholars of religion generally to engage with eastern European Christianity in new ways." - Slavic Review "Taken as a whole and as individual pieces, the book's essays are impressive; they make thought-provoking contributions to the modern religious history of Eastern Europe. The editors and sponsors are to be commended for coordinating the project and bringing it to the attention of English-speaking audiences in a well-edited and engaging collection. This book deserves a wide readership; it will benefit advanced undergraduates as well as specialists in the field. Anyone interested in approaching the complex, intertwined history of Christianity, modernity, and Eastern Europe should read this volume." - H-Net/Habsburg "Of the various dimensions of the 'European project,' the role of religion is one of the more controversial. East European religious traditions are often at odds with those in Western Europe, with lagging modernity and the fifty-year crucible of Communism cited as explanations for the asymmetries. Its borderland function and the challenges posed by European Union enlargement further heighten the relevance of these differences. The present volume aims to enhance the understanding of this religious legacy in Eastern Europe, with some tentative implication for Europe as a whole. The high standard of historical scholarship, the variety of cases, and its interdisciplinary emphasis make the volume quite rewarding for the academic and lay reader alike." - Austrian History Yearbook

• List of Maps, List of Tables, Foreword, Preface, Introduction: Christianity, Christians, and the Story of Modernity in Eastern Europe, Religion in Urban Everyday Life: Shaping Modernity in ?ód? and Manchester, 1820–1914, Christianity, Nation, State: The Case of Christian Hungary, Searching for a “Fourth Path”: Czech Catholicism between Liberalism, Communism, and Nazism, The Roman Catholic Church Navigates the New Slovakia, 1945–1948, Bulwark or Patchwork? Religious Exceptionalism and Regional Diversity in Postwar Polans, Competing Concepts of “Reunification” behind the Liquidation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, From Bottom to the Top and Back: On How to Build a Church in Communist Romania, Human Rights as a Theological and Political Controversy among East German and Czech Protestants, State Management of the Seer Vanga: Power, Medicine, and the “Remaking” of Religion in Socialist Bulgaria, Constructing Peace in the GDR: Conscientious Objection and Compromise among Christians, 1962–1989, On the Ruin of Christendom: Religious Politics and the Challenge of Islam in the New West, Drafting a Historical Geography of East European Christianity, List of Contributors, Index