From the ashes of atheism: the reconstitution of Bektashi religious life in postcommunist Albania

This thesis is an historical and ethnographic account of the postcommunist reconstitution of Albanian Bektashi Sufi practices and community life in the aftermath of a state-based program of radical atheistic secularism. The study is based on 12 months of intensive anthropological fieldwork (9 months...

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Main Author: Mustafa, Mentor
Language:en_US
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/15668