Book Review: Lubańska Magdalena, Muslims and Christians in the Bulgarian Rhodopes. Studies on Religious (Anti)Syncretism
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https://doi.org/10.11649/ch.2015.009Keywords:
Pomaks, Bulgarian culture, islamAbstract
"Muslims and Christians in the Bulgarian Rhodopes. Studies on Religious (Anti)Syncretism", a book by Magdalena Lubańska is a summary of her research carried out for many years among the Christian Orthodox and Muslim Pomaks in Rhodope mountains of Bulgaria. There Lubańska conducted in-depth interviews and carried out ethnographic observation about the knowledge regarding neighbours of different religion, their beliefs and religious practices.
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