This book examines the rehabilitation over the past two decades of
Bishop Nikolaj Velimirovic (1881-1956), the controversial Serbian
Orthodox Christian philosopher, written fifty years after his
death. Having been vilified by the former Yugoslav Communist
authorities as a traitor, antisemite and a fascist, Velimirovic has
come to be regarded in Serbian society as a saintly figure and the
most important religious person since medieval times. This book
charts the posthumous passage of Velimirovic from 'traitor' to
'saint' and examines the complementary dynamics of repression and
denial that were used to divert public attention from the
controversies surrounding his life. This book presents the first
detailed examination of the way in which an Eastern Orthodox Church
manages controversy surrounding the presence of anti-Semitism
within its ranks and considers the implications of the continuing
reverence of Nikolaj Velimirovic for the persistence of
antisemitism in Serbian Orthodox culture and Serbian society as a
whole. This study is based on a detailed examination of the
changing representations of Velimirovic in the Serbian media and in
commemorative discourse, as well as interviews with a number of
prominent public figures who have been actively involved in the
bishop's rehabilitation over the past two decades.
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