Hosaflook, David (2017) Lëvizja Protestante te shqiptarët (1816–1908) [Protestant Movement among the Albanians 1816-1908]. Doctoral thesis, University of Tirana, Faculty of History and Filology.
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This is a 480-page Albanian book about the Protestant Movement among the Albanians, revised and updated from the author's Ph.D. dissertation. Evangelical Protestantism is one of five historic and recognized faith communities in Albania, but it is arguably the least known. Although several scholarly works have treated specific contributions or personalities of the Albanian Protestant Movement, until now there has been no exhaustive survey of the movement as a whole. The presentation of such a survey fills a necessary gap—at least through the year 1908—and presents Albanian scholarship with a new stream of historical source materials. This book, originally submitted as a dissertation on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, provides an overview of the theology that motivated global Protestant missionary expansion, explores the potential existence of Protestantism in Albanian-populated territories before the nineteenth century, and presents a chronology of the movement in four periods. The first period (1816–1858) is distinguished by the first-ever translation of the New Testament into Albanian. The second period (1858–1873) is marked by the increase of Albanian Bible distribution and the growth of American missionary endeavor in the Ottoman Empire. In the third phase (1873–1884), Protestant missionaries arrived in Monastir (Bitola) and began working with Albanians, some who converted to Protestantism, were educated in Protestant institutions, and saw models of church and school, book and periodical, which they could take copy or adapt in an Albanian context. Finally, in the fourth time period treated in this book (1884–1908), as the Albanian National Awakening was reaching its climax, an Albanian-led Evangelical Protestant movement emerged, when Gerasim Kyrias and other Albanians preached the Gospel, translated books, established the Albanian Evangelical Brotherhood, and opened a school for girls in Kortcha. The Protestant Movement arrived in Albania when there were no Albanian Protestants, no Albanian Bibles, no Albanian books in circulation, no Albanian schools, and almost no Albanian religious services. In such a context, some Albanian nationalist figures began to perceive the religions of the day as divisive, foreign forces being misused to prevent Albanian unification and to accelerate the Albanians’ political assimilation as the Ottoman Empire weakened and other Balkan nations strengthened. As Evangelical Protestantism produced more Albanian books, Albanian Bibles, Albanian schools, Albanian religious services, Albanian hymns, and Albanian preachers, it began to be perceived as a unifying force that contributed to the Albanian National Awakening.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | History of Missions; Protestant; British Foreign and Bible Society; Missionaries in the Ottoman Empire; Protestant Missionaries in the Balkans; Albanian Protestantism; Balkan Christianity |
| Subjects: | A Church/mission history C Types of Christian Ministry > Missionaries G Christian traditions/Denominations > Reformed, Presbyterian |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries > Albania |
| Depositing User: | Users 1 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Nov 2019 14:47 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Nov 2019 18:42 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1702 |
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