Endresen, Cecilie (2013) Is the Albanian's religion really "Albanianism"? : Religion and nation according to Muslim and Christian leaders in Albania. Albanische Forschungen, 31 . Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden. ISBN 9783447190985
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For over a century, Albanians have been urged to view religious differences as unimportant. But are they? By conducting an unique set of interviews with representatives of the country's high-ranking clerics, Cecilie Endresen tries to answer this question. The clerics speak of an interplay between nation and religion in the their own symbolic universes and expound on such themes as salvation, religious tolerance, historical developments, theological differences, and politics. While embracing national unity and religious tolerance as an overriding ethos, they nonetheless manifest a certain religion. Contents: 1.1 Introduction: Albanians and the religious issue; 1.2 Methodology and Fieldwork, 1.3 Communities, identities, and boundaries as symbolic constructions; Nations as symbols, nationalism as discourse; Identities and otherness. Myths as boundary-drawing mechanisms; 1.4 Identities in context; Communities and boundaries before Albanianism; Albanianism before 1912: from linguistics to independence; Albanianism and the Albanian state; From totalitarianism to anarchy and integration. PART 2: Accounting for nation and religion; 2.1 "The past"; The Muslim community; The Bektashi community; The Orthodox Church; The Catholic Church; Selective memories and religious divisions; 2.2 "Religious tolerance"; Conceptions of religious tolerance. On the origins of tolerance: tradition and forefathersOn cooperation and leaders; On the theological foundations for tolerance; Religious similarities; Religious tolerance as a key symbol; 2.3 Salvation and theological differences; Other theologies; Soteriological prospects; Religious newcomers and mission; Summary; 2.4 Religious diversity in practice: family and life rituals; Mixed marriages; Cemeteries; Summary; 2.5 Folk, faith, and fatherland; The Muslim community; The Bektashi community; The Orthodox Church; The Catholic Church. Muslims and Others in "Europe" and the BalkansSummary; 2.6 Sharing the cake: space, symbols, power, and resources; Places of worship; Public symbols and symbols in public places; Political influence and discrimination; PART 3: Myths and identities: one and many Albanianisms; One national community: the ambiguous Albanianist template ; Shaping the different Albanianisms; 1 The myth of religion as apolitical; 2 The myth of the Albanians' religious core; 3 The myth of religious tolerance; 4 The myth of provenance; 5 The antemurale myth; 6 The Skanderbeg myth. Continuity and change, Conspiracies and suffering; The past as a moral template; Rivalry and proximity; Albanianism reconstructed; Towards a new civil religion?; Epilogue: Religion, nation, and Albanianism; The Copernican turn of Albanianism; The symbolic construction of community; Othering, enemy images, and conspiracy theories
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Additional Information: | Author's thesis |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Religion in Albania, Clergy attitudes, cultural pluralism in Albania. |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues B Mission theology/theory > Public Theology F Interreligious Dialogue and Witness |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries > Albania |
| Depositing User: | Users 3 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2020 17:33 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2021 10:53 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1755 |
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