The Albanian Orthodox Church

A Political History, 1878–1945

Ardit Bido (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-35472-2 (ISBN)

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Religion in Albania has had a complicated history, with Orthodoxy, Bektashi and Sunni Islam, 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 until 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, neighbouring Greece and its powerful Ecumenical Patriarchate; 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.

Ardit Bido is General Director of the Archives of Albania, and Lecturer at the Metropolitan University of Tirana, Albania

Introduction 1. The Origin of the Albanian Ecclesiastical Issue, 1878–1918 2. Preparations for the Establishment of the Albanian Church, 1918–1921 3. The Declaration of Autocephaly and Its Consequences, 1921–1924 4. Efforts towards the Recognition of Autocephaly, 1924–1928 5. The Establishment of the Holy Synod and the Congress of Korça, 1928–1929 6. Consolidation, Recognition, and Expansion to Kosovo, 1929–1945

Erscheinungsdatum	04.06.2019
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States
Zusatzinfo	30 Halftones, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-35472-4 / 1138354724
ISBN-13	978-1-138-35472-2 / 9781138354722
Zustand	Neuware