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The subject of this paper is the Hans Mol’s sociology of religion, which is also known as the “identity theory of religion”. The aim of the paper is to show Hans Mol’s contributions based on the analysis and critical assumptions of the identity theory of religion. In order to shed light on contemporary social constellations that necessarily imply the presence of religion in the “public sphere”, the paper proves the plausibility and scientific usability of the identity theory of religion in the analysis of religion and its connection with identity, politics and culture. In accordance with the saying, the paper shows that the sociology of religion by Hans Mol in toto should be observed and understood in its own interpretative range. In this sense, identity theory of religion does not represent just one innovative platform for understanding religion as “sacralization of identity”; it must be understood in the context of its methodological and paradigmatic significance for the sociology of religion as a whole. For this reason, the paper highlights the theoretical coordinates of Hans Mol’s sociology of religion, which is found at the intersection of sociological, anthropological and secularization theories of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper explicates Hans Mol's basic principles of identity theory of religion focusing on the relationship of the central theoretical concepts in the context of his sociology of religion - concept based on observing the relation between social production of the structure of the identity and the sacred. It is shown that religion for Hans Mola is understandable and determinable from the perspective of “mechanism of sacralization of the identity” specifying each of its constituent elements. The paper positions the role that Hans Mol took up on the debate about the secularization of the sixties and seventies from which certain conclusions can be made that the debate had the famous “theoretical logic of sociology” (Jeffrey C. Alexander). Among other things, the paper discusses also the authentic consequences of the “identity theory of religion” which are expressed in the form of sacralization of any scientific or political discourse. This paper is structured from introduction, three chapters and conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores the representation of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Austro-Hungarian occupation in international and world exhibitions held towards the end of the 19th Century. By analysing exhibition pavilions, built in eclectic styles with dominant elements of Islamic architecture, in addition to exotic exhibition settings, I shall underline the elements of Orientalism in the presentation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This paper will attempt to show, in the manner of an orientalised image of its occupied territories, how the Austro- Hungarian administration emphasised its "enlightenment role" in thedevelopment of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as a successful "cultural mission" led by Benjamin von Kàllay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this text, I discuss the sociological understanding of the self and its immanent connection with the individual identity. Basic concepts and interpretations are presented which are relating to the attempt to understand the development of the self as a social construction from the perspective of certain classical and contemporary sociological considerations. The central part of the paper focuses on the analysis and problematization of the self and individual identity as the authentic social subjects or participants, as well as on the analysis of their connection with particular political ideologies. In the end, the text shows how the reflection on the self and individual identity cannot be separated from the reflection on identities and dichotomies that may result from it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]