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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.


Ways Of Measuring The Influence Of Religious Mass Media In The Ukraine, Maksym Balaklytskyi Oct 2013

Ways Of Measuring The Influence Of Religious Mass Media In The Ukraine, Maksym Balaklytskyi

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


The Orthodox Church In The Ottoman Empire And Its Perspectives For Theological Dialogue, Svetoslav Ribolov Oct 2013

The Orthodox Church In The Ottoman Empire And Its Perspectives For Theological Dialogue, Svetoslav Ribolov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Merdjanova's "Rediscovering The Umma: Muslims In The Balkans Between Nationalism And Transnationalism" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes Oct 2013

Merdjanova's "Rediscovering The Umma: Muslims In The Balkans Between Nationalism And Transnationalism" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


A Partnership With A Difference: The Baptists Of Serbia And Russia Are Developing A Partnership, William Yoder Jun 2013

A Partnership With A Difference: The Baptists Of Serbia And Russia Are Developing A Partnership, William Yoder

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Hearing On The Trajectory Of Democracy - Why Hungary Matters, Senator Benjamin L. Cardin Jun 2013

Hearing On The Trajectory Of Democracy - Why Hungary Matters, Senator Benjamin L. Cardin

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Testimony Concerning The Conditionof Religious Freedom In Hungary, Submitted To The U.S. Commission On Security And Cooperation In Europe (The Helsinki Commission), H. David Baer Jun 2013

Testimony Concerning The Conditionof Religious Freedom In Hungary, Submitted To The U.S. Commission On Security And Cooperation In Europe (The Helsinki Commission), H. David Baer

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


A Brief Pre-History Of Caree, Charles C. West Nov 2012

A Brief Pre-History Of Caree, Charles C. West

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Tenuous Bridges Over The Iron Curtain: Mennonite Central Committee Work In Eastern Europe From 1966 To 1991, Mark Jantzen Nov 2012

Tenuous Bridges Over The Iron Curtain: Mennonite Central Committee Work In Eastern Europe From 1966 To 1991, Mark Jantzen

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


At The Crossroads: The History Of The Greek-Catholic Church In Lithuania, Francesco La Rocca Nov 2012

At The Crossroads: The History Of The Greek-Catholic Church In Lithuania, Francesco La Rocca

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Continuity In Charismata: Swedish Mission And The Growth Of Neo-Pentecostal Churches In Russia, Torbjorn Aronson Nov 2012

Continuity In Charismata: Swedish Mission And The Growth Of Neo-Pentecostal Churches In Russia, Torbjorn Aronson

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Report On Hungary's Deregistered Churches, H. David Baer Nov 2012

Report On Hungary's Deregistered Churches, H. David Baer

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


In Praise Of Saints Paul (Peachey And Mojzes), James Will Nov 2012

In Praise Of Saints Paul (Peachey And Mojzes), James Will

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Lessons From Protestant Missions To Russia, Donald M. Fairbairn Jr. Nov 2012

Lessons From Protestant Missions To Russia, Donald M. Fairbairn Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


"Smuggling Bibles": Everyday Life Of Baptist Serbs In Communist Romania, Aleksandra Djuriæ-Milovanoviæ Nov 2012

"Smuggling Bibles": Everyday Life Of Baptist Serbs In Communist Romania, Aleksandra Djuriæ-Milovanoviæ

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Ree And Caree: A Retrospective, James R. Payton Jr. Nov 2012

Ree And Caree: A Retrospective, James R. Payton Jr.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Moral Guardian Or Kenotic Servant? A Theological View On The Role Of Churches In Empowering Civil Society In Ukraine, Heleen Zorgdrager Nov 2012

Moral Guardian Or Kenotic Servant? A Theological View On The Role Of Churches In Empowering Civil Society In Ukraine, Heleen Zorgdrager

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Possible Impact Of Orthodox Perspectives On Secular Europe And Human Rights, Philip Walters Nov 2012

Possible Impact Of Orthodox Perspectives On Secular Europe And Human Rights, Philip Walters

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Glimpses Behind The Curtain - Surveillance And Pressure During Church Delegation Visits, Walter Sawatsky Oct 2012

Glimpses Behind The Curtain - Surveillance And Pressure During Church Delegation Visits, Walter Sawatsky

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


The Ecumenical Activities Of The Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Reasons, Motivations, Consequences, Momchil Metodiev Aug 2012

The Ecumenical Activities Of The Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Reasons, Motivations, Consequences, Momchil Metodiev

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Frazee's "Christian Churches Of The Eastern Mediterranean", Patrick Connelly Aug 2012

Frazee's "Christian Churches Of The Eastern Mediterranean", Patrick Connelly

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


"Christian World Community And The Cold War" Projects Statement, Norman A. Hjelm Aug 2012

"Christian World Community And The Cold War" Projects Statement, Norman A. Hjelm

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Between Active Opposition, Dialogue And Loyalty: Churches In The German Democratic Republic 1970-1989/90, Katharina Kunter Aug 2012

Between Active Opposition, Dialogue And Loyalty: Churches In The German Democratic Republic 1970-1989/90, Katharina Kunter

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

When we survey the situation in East Germany during the Cold War we find at the beginning of the decade of the 1980s an increasingly deteriorating economic situation. The GDR’s growing indebtedness to the West, the restriction of its imports and widely felt shortages of food and other goods made for a desolate economic situation. Demoralization and resignation dominated the emotional tone of the country, drawing a large part of the population into a sort of “collective depression.”One consequence of this was the increasing number of people who sought to leave the GDR and relocate in the Federal Republic of …


The Evangelical Churches In The Gdr And Their Participation In East-West Cooperation, Christa Grengel Aug 2012

The Evangelical Churches In The Gdr And Their Participation In East-West Cooperation, Christa Grengel

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The Evangelical Regional Churches in the GDR had to deal with the problem that they experienced directly living on the borderline between East and West which divided their own country. They understood this situation to be the result of National-Socialism and World War II, confessed to having been partly responsible for it and became convinced, therefore, that they had a unique responsibility for reconciliation and for overcoming this division on the borderline between the great power blocs. Based on the shared notion of “Christianity in Germany” all Evangelical Regional Churches remained parts of a pan-German institution, the “Evangelical Church in …


Religious Revitalization Among Bulgarians During And After The Communist Time, Dr. Velislav Altanov Aug 2012

Religious Revitalization Among Bulgarians During And After The Communist Time, Dr. Velislav Altanov

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Kazakstan: Restrictions On And Punishment For Spreading Religious Literature And Faith, Mushfig Bayram May 2012

Kazakstan: Restrictions On And Punishment For Spreading Religious Literature And Faith, Mushfig Bayram

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


Filo's "Christian World Community And The Cold War: International Christian Conference In Bratislava On 5-8 September 2001" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes May 2012

Filo's "Christian World Community And The Cold War: International Christian Conference In Bratislava On 5-8 September 2001" - Book Review, Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.


News From Kazakhstan - Christians In Kazakhstan Take Position On Changes To Law On Religion, The Union Of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches In Kazakhstan May 2012

News From Kazakhstan - Christians In Kazakhstan Take Position On Changes To Law On Religion, The Union Of Evangelical Christian Baptist Churches In Kazakhstan

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The quarterly magazine Aquila (Oct-Dec. 2011) carried the following open letter in German translation. It is the communication arm of a relief organization, also named Aquila, begun in the 1980s, which maintains relief and missionary assistance for its partner churches in central Asia and Siberia, and also prints historical documents and reports for the Russian-Germans who emigrated from the USSR to Germany (1987-1993). The open letter, printed below, is unusual, but signals the degree to which legislation on religion in Kazakhstan that recently went into effect, also creates great concern among Evangelical Christian Baptist churches who have maintained a legal …


The Lutheran Church And Society In Slovakia During The Cold Wars, Július Filo May 2012

The Lutheran Church And Society In Slovakia During The Cold Wars, Július Filo

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

This paper explores how and to what extent the Lutheran Church in Slovakia living and seeking to fulfill its mission in a socialist political context governed by the Communist party was encouraged or sustained by its involvement in the global Christian community. Our church was a founding member of the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation and the Conference of European Churches. During the years of the Cold War our church was able to maintain contact with churches and Christians on the other side of the global political divide through other Christian bodies as well, like the “Gustav …