(De)secularisation or (re)confessionalisation processes in EuropeToš, Niko (Avtor) This article examines (de)secularisation or (re)confessionalisation processes in Europe at the turn of the millennium (1990-2010). Specifically, it presents the course of these processes in Eastern and Central European countries after the systemic turning points. It leans on the theory of secularisation and on Inglehart's theory of postmodernism and its operationalisation built on the 'traditional-secular, rational' and 'materialist-postmaterialist' dimensions. The analysis (summarised and our own) corroborates that during the observed period secularisation is the predominant condition and trend in the religious field in European societies. It reveals the importance of the social context (religious-cultural characteristics, level of economic development, democratic/authoritarian system organisation, systemic turning points, gaining independence, and emergence of new states) for the course of secularisation or confessionalisation - in particular, how they are influenced by systemic upheavals in the religious field in European societies or countries. While the highly developed and democratic (modern) Scandinavian societies of a Protestant religious-cultural origin are the most highly secularised, in the less developed, formally democratic post-communist countries of an Orthodox religious-cultural origin systemic changes typically trigger religious ones: the revival of their ethnic-religious identity and head-on (superficial) reconfessionalisation.20132015-12-21 16:34:07Delo ni kategorizirano75538UDK: 2-184.3:316.422(4)ISSN pri članku: 0040-3598COBISS_ID: 31869021OceCobissID: 763652sl