Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe Volume 36 Issue 3 Article 4 5-2016 Religious Identities in Southeastern Europe: Influence of the Catholic Church in Croatia and the Serbian Orthodox Church in the 21st Century Stefan Ubiparipović Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree Part of the Catholic Studies Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Eastern European Studies Commons Recommended Citation Ubiparipović, Stefan (2016) "Religious Identities in Southeastern Europe: Influence of the Catholic Church in Croatia and the Serbian Orthodox Church in the 21st Century," Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 36 : Iss. 3 , Article 4. Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol36/iss3/4 This Article, Exploration, or Report is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE INFLUENCE OF THE CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN THE 21st CENTURY By Stefan Ubiparipović Stefan Ubiparipović is a student in the Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in South-Eastern European Studies in the School of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Introduction Religion has played an important, but more supportive than decisive role in the creation of the modern societies in South-Eastern Europe. At the end of the twentieth century, brutal civil war in Yugoslavia was labelled as having varying religious influences which shaped national identities and policies.