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Serbian Orthodoxy Between Two Worlds, Marko P. Djurić Apr 2018

Serbian Orthodoxy Between Two Worlds, Marko P. Djurić

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Orthodoxy has, by the Providence of God, been placed between Western Christianity, and Sunni Islam. Church nationalism (phyletism) has always been present in political and linguistic nationalism in the former Yugoslavia. The relationship between Serbian Orthodoxy, with Islam and Western Christianity is not satisfactory. In order to become satisfactory, it would be important for the Orthodox Church to create a new theology which would, primarily, be a theological (Orthodox) response to the signs of the times. However, this has not become the reality as of yet.


Islam As A Way Of Defining The National Identity Of Bosnian Muslims, Athanasios G. Athanasiadis Nov 2014

Islam As A Way Of Defining The National Identity Of Bosnian Muslims, Athanasios G. Athanasiadis

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Political changes in Yugoslavia in the 1990s triggered a series of changes in the ethno-religious field. The ethnological problems faced by the residents of Bosnia formed part of more general ethnological reshuffling in former Yugoslavia, promoting idealized nations, non-existent ethnic ideologies and fabricated state designs. However, these nations already constitute part of the reshuffling of the reform of New Europe. A major part was played in the formulation of the ethnic identity of Bosnian Muslims by the Islamic Community, under unique conditions and in cooperation with the Communist Yugoslavia of Josip Broz Tito from 1945 to 1990. The description and …


Haji Bektash Veli And The Bektash Path In Albania And Macedonia, Arben Sulejmani Jan 2014

Haji Bektash Veli And The Bektash Path In Albania And Macedonia, Arben Sulejmani

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The Bektashi World Community officially represents the spiritual teachings of the Bektashi Sufi Order, one of the many mystical branches found within Islam. This religious order was founded in the 13th century by the Sufi saint Hajji Bektash Veli. The ultimate goal of the Bektash spiritual path is the perfection of the human soul. It is a path which fortifies its wayfarers with ethical and spiritual principles, which bring closeness to the Divine. Being founded on the revealed religion of Islam, Bektashism offers a unique and distinctive reading of the Qur’an, as well as the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, …


Islam In Modern Bulgaria: 1878 To Present Days, Radko Popov Oct 2013

Islam In Modern Bulgaria: 1878 To Present Days, Radko Popov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Islamization -- Seed Of Discord Or The Only Way Of Salvation For Albanians?, Anton Kole Berishaj Oct 1995

Islamization -- Seed Of Discord Or The Only Way Of Salvation For Albanians?, Anton Kole Berishaj

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Islam In Russia, Abdurashid Dudaev Oct 1995

Islam In Russia, Abdurashid Dudaev

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Islam: A New Religion In A Traditionally Catholic Slovenia, Drago Ocvirk Oct 1995

Islam: A New Religion In A Traditionally Catholic Slovenia, Drago Ocvirk

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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To The Rijaset (Leadership) Of The Islamic Community In Sarajevo, Franjo Kuharic Oct 1992

To The Rijaset (Leadership) Of The Islamic Community In Sarajevo, Franjo Kuharic

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.