Research interests
sociology of religion, history of religion, religion and politics, social history of Early Christianity, Serbian Orthodox Church
Biography
Milan Vukomanović was born in Belgrade in 1960. He is a full professor of sociology of religion at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. He earned his PhD in 1993 at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught the history of religions from 1989 to 1995. In 2002, he also served as a visiting professor at that university in the Semester at Sea program. Vukomanović has taught and offered courses at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, at the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade, as well as at the University of Sarajevo. From 1996 to 2000, he worked as a research associate at the Belgrade Institute of Social Sciences and the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory. His scholarly interests range from the sociology of religion and the history of early Christianity to Islamic studies and interreligious dialogue. He is a co-founder of the BOŠ Center for the Study of Religion and was also a member of the Kotor Network, coordinated by the University of Oslo. He served as president of the Sociological Association of Serbia and Montenegro, as well as a member of the Council of the Faculty of Philosophy and the Council of the University of Belgrade. He has published over 300 scholarly and professional works in domestic and international publications and has been involved in numerous national and international research projects.
Selected publications
Vukomanović, M. (2026). Svet ranog hrišćanstva: Ogledi iz društvene istorije. Beograd: Čigoja štampa.
Vukomanović, M. (2024). In Defense of Darwin: Is there a Liberal Wing within the Serbian Orthodox Church? In: Cibulka, F. Zachary, I. (eds.). Liberals, Conservatives, and Mavericks: On Christian Churches of Eastern Europe since 1980, Budapest: Central European University Press (247–265).
Radovanović, B. Vukomanović, M. (2023). A Quest for Epiphanius’ Collyridians – The Pilgrimesses of Mother of God. Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi 40(1): 141–166.
Vukomanović, M. (2022). Mapiranje svetog: Proučavanje religija u uporednoj perspektivi. Beograd: Čigoja štampa.
Radić, R. Vukomanović, M. (2014). Religion and Democracy in Serbia since 1989: The Case of the Serbian Orthodox Church. In: Ramet, S. (ed.). Religion and Politics in Post-Socialist Central and Southeastern Europe: Challenges since 1989, New York and London: Palgrave Macmillan (180–211).
Vukomanović, M. (2011). The Serbian Orthodox Church: Between Traditionalism and Fundamentalism. In: Mårtensson, U. (ed.). Fundamentalism in the Modern World (Vol. 1), London and New York: I. B. Tauris (148–170).
Vukomanović, M. (2008). Serbian Orthodox Church as a Political Actor in the Aftermath of October 5, 2000. Politics and Religion 1(2): 237–269.
Selected presentations
Vukomanović, M. “Political Orthodoxy“, British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, April 5–7, 2024.
Vukomanović, M. “Nihil obstat at the University of Belgrade”, Ecclesiastical Authority and Academic Freedom in Orthodoxy, Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Volos, Greece, June 7, 2023.
Vukomanović, M. “Populism and Religion in the Western Balkans in the 21st Century: The Role of the Serbian Orthodox Church”, Faces of Populism: Politics, Culture, Economy, and Everyday Life in Eastern Europe, Filozofski fakultet UB, Beograd, April 5–6. 2022.
Vukomanović, M. “Revitalizacija religije u Srbiji i koncept mnogostruke modernosti”, Stratifikacijske promene u Srbiji, Filozofski fakultet UB, Beograd, 14–15. 12. 2012.
Vukomanović, M. “The Religious Dimension of the Yugoslav Conflicts”, Religious Tolerance and Intolerance, European Association for the Study of Religions, Santander, September 8–11, 2004.
