The Nation and the Nun: Mother Teresa, Albania's Muslim Majority and the Secular State

In Albania, a religiously pluralist country with a secular constitution, an atheist past and a Muslim majority, the authorities have since the end of Communism promoted Mother Teresa as the “Mother of Albanians” and an emblem of the state. The name, statues and portraits of this ethnic Albanian Cath...

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Main Author: Endresen, Cecilie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2015]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2015, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-74
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBK Europe (East)
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Mother Teresa
B Islam
B Europe
B Catholicism
B Christianity
B Secularism
B Albania
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)