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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2015]
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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 |
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Mother Teresa
B Islam B Europe B Catholicism B Christianity B Secularism B Albania |
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