(Ab)use of religion as a political means to an end: the achievement of nationalist political goals, analyzing 'how' through which mechanisms this phenomenon has been and still is practiced in South-Eastern Europe.

Keith Tester, University of Hull, UK
Gorana Ognjenovi?, University of Oslo, Norway
Jasna Jozeli?, University of Oslo, Norway
Sergej Flere, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Clemens Cavallin, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Sead S. Fetahagi?, Nansen Dialogue Centre, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kosta Milkov, Director of Balkan Institute for Faith and
culture, Macedonia
Milan Vukomanovi?, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Kenneth Morrison, De Monfort University, UK
Neboj a C?agorovic?, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
Sre?o Drago , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Anton K. Berishaj, University of Pri tina, Kosovo

Contents Foreword - A Note on Sociology; Keith Tester Preface; Gorana Ognjenovi? and Jasna Jozeli? 1. Introduction; Gorana Ognjenovi? and Jasna Jozeli? 2. Politicization of Religion, the Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Jasna Jozeli? 3. Was the Bosnian War (1992-1995) a Full-fledged Religious War?; Sergej Flere 4. The Role of the Catholic Church in the Bosnian Conflict 1991-1995, An Historical Approach; Clemens Cavallin & Sead S. Fetahagi? 5. Politicization of Religion in Former Yugoslavia: the Case of the Evangical Protestants?; Kosta Milkov 6. Ecclesiastical Involvement in Serbian Politics: Post-2000 Period; Milan Vukomanovi? 7. The Political Dynamics of Intra-Orthodox Conflict in Montenegro; Kenneth Morrison and Nebojša ?agorovi? 8. The Separation between Church and State in Slovenia: A Political Fiasco; Sre?o Dragoš 9. Religion and Politics in Kosovo; Anton K. Berishaj Conclusion