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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">C</span><span lang="EN-GB">ALL FOR PAPERS</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">for the topical issue of <i>Open Theology</i> journal</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman \, serif"">Alternative Religiosities in the Soviet Union and the Communist East-Central Europe:</span></b><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman \, serif"">Formations, Resistances and Manifestations</span></b><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Open Theology</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.degruyter.com_view_j_opth&d=DQMGaQ&c=AGbYxfJbXK67KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A-1IxfAU&r=QuGWZE3bxjSV6b6tRaeY5wBdt0i0wS9wb6ldjFCRAOs&m=tt9PWVfMnO09lJEOQF4i5hAFajTsodFIb7Xvz27s75M&s=hgq5OjldoHTqB4MZy5qWSHYyV4L-kZTG_lBrHiQzOQM&e=" target="_blank">http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opth</a>)
invites submissions for the topical issue "</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Times New Roman \, serif"">Alternative Religiosities in the Soviet Union and the Communist East-Central Europe: Formations, Resistances and Manifestations", under the
general editorship of Dr. Rasa Pranskevičiūtė and Dr. Eglė Aleknaitė (Vytautas Magnus University).</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB"> <b>DESCRIPTION</b></span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">After the boom of traditional religions<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span></span>(<span lang="EN-GB">i. e. </span>prevailing national religions or those that have a relatively long history in a particular country) and alternative religious movements (i. e. religious movements that offer an alternative to the traditional religion(s)
in a particular country) <span lang="EN-GB">in post-communist<span style="color:#1F497D">/</span>post-socialist countries, the religion(s) of this area have gained increasing scholarly attention. Research on the religious situation during the prior communist<span style="color:#1F497D">/</span>socialist
period is primarily focused on restrictions placed on traditional religions and their survival strategies, while the corresponding phenomena of the alternative religious of that time still lack proper analysis.
</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">The special issue invites papers that address alternative religiosities in the communist<span style="color:#1F497D">/</span>socialist countries up to 1990. Due to Soviet control, they mostly
existed underground and could remain only if expressed clandestinely. Beside the officially-established Soviet culture, connected with the Communist Party's aim to control all aspects of the public sphere, there was an unofficial cultural field that was very
receptive to the arrival, formation, spread and expressions of diverse alternative religiosities and spiritualities. The disappointment with the existing narrowness of the official communist ideology and the loss of the absolute allegiance to it led to the
formation and rise of unofficial socio-cultural alternatives within the system. The underground activities, including access to alternative spiritual and esoteric ideas and practices, generally existed in parallel, or even jointly, with the official culture
and institutions.</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">We invite religious scholars, historians, anthropologists, as well as authors representing other disciplines, to submit both empirical and theoretical papers including, but not limited to
the following topics:</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Networks and inter-community connections</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Flows of ideas within the Soviet Union and communist East-Central Europe and from the outside</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Centers and peripheries of the milieu of alternative religiosity in the region</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Politics and actions of the regime towards alternative religiosity</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Restrictions, repressions and survival strategies of practitioners of alternative religiosity</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Milieu of alternative religiosity as a space of resistance</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Relationships of communities of alternative religiosity with dominant religious traditions</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">• Theoretical frameworks and methodological problems in research on alternative religiosities within the Soviet Union and the communist East-Central European region</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Authors publishing their articles in the special issue will benefit from:</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">HOW TO SUBMIT</span></b><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Submissions are due May 30, 2017. To submit an article for the special issue of Open Theology, authors are asked to access the on-line submission system at:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.editorialmanager.com_openth_&d=DQMGaQ&c=AGbYxfJbXK67KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A-1IxfAU&r=QuGWZE3bxjSV6b6tRaeY5wBdt0i0wS9wb6ldjFCRAOs&m=tt9PWVfMnO09lJEOQF4i5hAFajTsodFIb7Xvz27s75M&s=72WkayrV6wFQDBK53XA_oUk1arDFUlHfxBZpCHXxjZ8&e=" target="_blank">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a name="541168329__GoBack"></a><span lang="EN-GB">Please choose as article type: “Special Issue Article: Alternative Religiosities”.</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Before submission the authors should carefully read over the Instruction for Authors, available at:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.degruyter.com_view_supplement_s23006579-5FInstruction-5Ffor-5FAuthors.pdf&d=DQMGaQ&c=AGbYxfJbXK67KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A-1IxfAU&r=QuGWZE3bxjSV6b6tRaeY5wBdt0i0wS9wb6ldjFCRAOs&m=tt9PWVfMnO09lJEOQF4i5hAFajTsodFIb7Xvz27s75M&s=_VFRnvRRUFkUsfAjhLtePP9bhPQ2MMrtye-uQC-96KA&e=" target="_blank">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">All contributions will undergo critical review before being accepted for publication.</span><span lang="PL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Further questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Dr. Rasa Pranskevičiūtė at
<a href="mailto:??Rasa.Pranskeviciute@degruyteropen.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00000A">Rasa.Pranskeviciute@degruyteropen.com</span></a> or Dr. Eglė Aleknaitė at
<a href="mailto:ealeknaite@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00000A">ealeknaite@yahoo.com</span></a>. In case of technical questions, please contact journal Managing Editor Dr. Katarzyna Tempczyk at
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