(Neo-)Bogomil Legends: The Gnosticizing Bogomils of the Twentieth-Century Balkans. (16th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Burns, Dylan; Radulović, Nemanja
• Is Part Of: International journal for the study of new religions. Volume 9:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 135
• Page End: 164
• Publication Date: 2018-11-16
• Subjects: croatia -- theosophy -- balkans -- bulgaria -- bogomilism -- dualism -- heresy -- gnosticism; Cults -- Periodicals; Sects -- Periodicals; 209.05
• DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.37613
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2041-9511

Abstract

Abstract : This contribution examines two modern, "Neo-Bogomil" groups: the Universal White Brotherhood (Bulgaria), and the Balkan Bogomil Center (Croatia). Both of these groups claim not only the authority of Bogomilism but ancient "Gnosticism, " articulating these dualist heresies in terms of Theosophy as well as South-Eastern European religious and ethnic-national identities formulated in the later nineteenth century.