Original scientific paper

RELIGION AND CHURCH IN THE USTASHA IDEOLOGY

Irina OGNYANOVA

Abstract

The article deals with the problem regarding the position of religion and Church in the Ustasha ideological system, which is insufficiently explored in contemporary historiography. Between Catholicism and the Croatian nationalism existed a strong historical connection. It was explicitly expressed in the extreme forms of the Croatian nationalism, such as in the Ustashas movement. Nationalism and Catholicism were not only two basic, but also closely tied ideas incorporated in their ideological system. This topic is partially elaborated in historiography, but still there is no a single monograph dedicated to it. Particularly disputable problems in historical
literature are also those about the role of the Catholic Church in the Independent State of Croatia (ISC) and its relationship towards Ustashas’ nationalism, and those about relationship between Vatican and the Croatian authorities in the period between 1941 and 1945.

Keywords

Ustasha ideology; Ustasha nationalism; Independent State of Croatia; religion; Catholicism, Catholic Church; Serbian Orthodox Church; Croatian Orthodox Church; Islam

Hrčak ID:

52985

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/52985

Publication date:

25.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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