The revival of Islam in the Balkans : from identity to religiosity /: from identity to religiosity. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Arolda Elbasani, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy [and] Olivier Roy, Head of the Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence.
• Editors: Elbasani, Arolda
• Contents: Introduction: Nation, State and Faith in the Post-Communist Era; Arolda Elbasani -- PART I: THE PREVAILING PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON ISLAM -- 1. Islam and Orientalism in Contemporary Albania; Enis Sulstarova -- 2. Anti-Islamic Public Discourse in Contemporary Greece: The Reproduction of Religious Panic; Alexandros Sakellariou -- 3. Faith and Politics in Kosovo: The Status of Religious Communities in a Secular Country; Jeton Mehmeti -- PART II: MUSLIMS' PURSUIT OF FAITH AND RELIGIOSITY -- 4. The Loudspeaker of Faith in the 'Calm' City: Islam and Urban Diversity in the Contemporary Balkans; Jelena To₍ic -- 5. Muslim Women's Dress Practices in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Localising Islam through Everyday Lived Practice; Andreja Mesaric -- 6. The Multiple Voices of Bulgaria's Unofficial Islamic Leaders; Laura J. Olson -- 7. Love and Boundaries: Inter-Faith and Inter-Ethnic Relationships Among Macedonian-Speaking Muslims; Anna Zadrozna -- 8. 'Holiness' Constructed: Anonymous Saints in the Popular Traditions of Muslim Roma Communities in the Balkans; Ksenia Trofimova -- PART III: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, PUBLIC ARGUMENTS AND LEGITIMACY -- 9. Rhetorical Strategies of Kosovo's Imams in the Fight for 'Women's Rights'; Behar Sadriu -- 10. Public Expressions of Bosnian Muslim Religiosity and Lived Faith: The Cases of Friday Prayer and the Hijab; Julianne Funk -- 11. Faith, Fatherland, or Both? Accommodationist and Neo-Fundamentalist Islamic Discourses in Albania; Cecilie Endresen -- Conclusions; Olivier Roy.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 297.09496; Islam -- Balkan Peninsula; RELIGION -- Islam -- General; Religious & theocratic ideologies -- Southeast Europe; Islam -- Southeast Europe; Religion & politics -- Southeast Europe; Islam; Islam; Religiosität; Religious & theocratic ideologies -- Southeast Europe; Islam -- Southeast Europe; Religion & politics -- Southeast Europe; Politics and Government; Balkan Peninsula; Balkanhalbinsel; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137517845; 1137517840; 9781137517852; 1137517859
• Related ISBNs: 9781137517838
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.