Why Do They Leave? An Ethnographic Investigation of Defection from Turkish-speaking Roma Churches in Bulgaria

A rapid increase in the number of Christians and churches among traditionally Muslim Roma occurred after the fall of Communism in Bulgaria, but this growth was followed by stagnation and decline in the number of people attending churches. This article describes an ethnographic approach to investigat...

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Main Author: Hibbert, Richard Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2013
In: Missiology
Year: 2013, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 315-328
Further subjects:B Ethnography
B church decline
B Defection
B Roma
B Bulgaria
B Muslim
B Turkish
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