Research Catalog

Title

The Albanian Orthodox Church : a political history, 1878-1945 / Ardit Bido.

Author

Bido, Ardit

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Description

x, 241 pages : illustrations (black and white), portraits; 25 cm.

Summary

Religion in Albania has had a complicated history, with Orthodoxy, Bektashi and Sunni Islam, and Catholicism coexisting throughout much of the history of this Balkan nation. This book traces the rise of the Albanian Orthodox Church from the beginnings of Albanian nationalist movements in the late nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War and the Communist takeover. It examines the struggles of the Albanian state and Church to establish the Church's independence from foreign influence amid a complex geopolitical interplay between Albania and neighbouring Greece and its powerful Ecumenical Patriarchate as well as the Italian and Yugoslav interference, and the shifting international political circumstances. The book argues that Greece's involvement in the Albanian "ecclesiastical issue" was primarily motivated by political and territorial aspirations, as Athens sought to undermine the newly established Albanian state by controlling its Orthodox Church through pro-Greek bishops appointed by the Patriarchate. With its independence finally recognized in 1937, the Albanian Orthodox Church soon faced new challenges with the Italian, and later German, occupation of the country during the Second World War: the Church's expansion into Kosovo; the Italian effort to place the Church under papal authority; and, the ultimate threat, the imminent victory of Communist forces.

Series Statement

Routledge religion, society and government in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet States ; 12

Uniform Title

Routledge religion, society and government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States ; 12.

Subject

• Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë
• Church and state > Albania > History > 19th century
• Church and state > Albania > History > 20th century
• Nationalism > Albania > Religious aspects
• Church and state
• Albania > Church history > 19th century
• Albania > Church history > 20th century
• Albania

Genre/Form

Informational works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-235) and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-1796

ISBN

• 9781138354722
• 1138354724

OCLC

1156997359

Author

Bido, Ardit, author.

Title

The Albanian Orthodox Church : a political history, 1878-1945 / Ardit Bido.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge religion, society and government in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet States ; 12

Routledge religion, society and government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States ; 12.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-235) and index.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9780429755460

Research Call Number

JFE 21-1796