A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture write by Robert Elsie. This book was released on 2001. A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In some senses, Albania is a living museum of the past. Originally a small herding community in the most inaccessible reaches of the Balkans, the presence of Albanians in southeastern Europe has been documented for over a thousand years. Albanian traditional folk culture, which evolved over centuries of relative isolation, is surprisingly rich. Yet despite recent events this culture remains little known to the Western world. Due to the lasting effects of a half century of Stalinist dictatorship, very few individuals even in Albania know much about their own popular traditions. The Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture makes available for the first time a wealth of knowledge about Albanian popular belief and folk customs. Alphabetical entries shed light on blood feuding, figures of Albanian mythology, religious beliefs, communities, and sects, calendar feasts and rituals, and popular superstitions, as well as birth, marriage, and funeral customs, and sexual mores. This unique volume will stand as the standard reference work on the subject for years to come.
Historical Dictionary of Albania
Historical Dictionary of Albania - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historical Dictionary of Albania write by Robert Elsie. This book was released on 2010-03-19. Historical Dictionary of Albania available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Albania is not well known by outsiders; it was deliberately closed to the outside world during the communist era. Now it has thankfully become free again, its borders are open and it can be visited, and it is increasingly integrating with the rest of Europe and beyond. Unfortunately, Albania has had its share of problems in the post-communist era; it's a land of destitution and despair, thanks in part to the Albanian mafia, which has turned the country into one of blood-feuds, kalashnikovs, and eternal crises. Yet, Albania is, in essence, a European nation like any other and will soon, it is to be hoped, advance and take its proper place in Europe and the world. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Albania relates the history of this little-known country through a detailed chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, appendixes, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets.
Religious Identity and Cultural Negotiation
Religious Identity and Cultural Negotiation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Identity and Cultural Negotiation write by Jenny McGill. This book was released on 2016-07-22. Religious Identity and Cultural Negotiation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Given increasing global migration and the importance of positive cross-cultural relations across national borders, this book offers an interdisciplinary and intercultural exploration of identity formation. It uniquely draws from theology, psychology, and sociology--engaging narrative and identity theories, migration and identity studies, and the theologies of identity and migration--and builds on them in an unprecedented study of international migrants to construct an initial theology of Christian identity in migration. New sociological research describes the social construction of religious, ethnic, and national identities among non-North American evangelical graduates who entered the United States to pursue advanced academic studies from 1983 to 2013. It provides an intercultural account of Christian identity formation in the context of migration, transnationalism, and globalization. It ultimately argues that an integral component of Christian identity-making involves the concept of migration, of movement, toward a transformation.
Albanian Identities
Albanian Identities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Albanian Identities write by Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers. This book was released on 2002. Albanian Identities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The contributors to this study critically de-construct Albanian myths and offer insights into Albanian history and politics. They conclude with contemporary Albanian critiques of the origins and functions of Albanian politics and ideologies.
Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore
Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore write by Theresa Bane. This book was released on 2016-05-22. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.
