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Why only Jesus Christ can save us? Religious experience and belonging of the Evangelical Roma...
Event by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie SAV
Location: Ústredná knižnica Slovenskej akadémie vied, v. v. i., Klemensova 19, Bratislava
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On behalf of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the SAS, v.v.i. We invite you to a professional seminar where Assoc. Prof. Magdalena SLAVKOVA, PhD. (Institute of Ethnology and Folklore at the Ethnographic Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) with the contribution Why only Jesus Christ can save us? Religious experience and belonging of the Evangelical Roma in the perspectives of Bulgarian and Slovakian Romani Studies. The professional seminar will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the meeting room of ÚESA SAS, v. v. i. at Klemensová 19 in Bratislava.
Annotation of the lecture:
The lecture presents the research achievements of scholars regarding Romani evangelists in Bulgarian and Slovak Romani studies, paying attention to the fundamental assumptions, as well as coincidences and inconsistencies that exist among scholars in both countries. Encouraging conversation about the idea of community belonging as it relates to faith in Jesus Christ and the daily religious experiences of converts, the lecture shows how Romani studies scholars respond to the empirical development of faith.
The religious mobilization based on the evangelical religion and the forms of male and female leadership among the Roma have historically been studied in detail in Bulgarian scholarship, which is a less studied focus in Romani studies in general. High achievements have been accomplished through field research in Slovak science regarding the religious path of social integration of the Roma, as well as how evangelicalism offers them various opportunities for professional mobility. The lecturer will also briefly present her new book "Conversion, Leadership and Identity of the Evangelical Roma in Bulgaria" (Brill, 2025), based on long-term ethnographic research.
This lecture is an output of the RELIROMA project APVV-22-0389 Research on religiosity, spirituality and non-religiosity among Roma in Slovakia.
The event can also be participated online via the link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86229820377?pwd=ETOLlRfvK7163LO8UACPOqoltNPb21.1
Annotation of the lecture:
The lecture presents the research achievements of scholars regarding Romani evangelists in Bulgarian and Slovak Romani studies, paying attention to the fundamental assumptions, as well as coincidences and inconsistencies that exist among scholars in both countries. Encouraging conversation about the idea of community belonging as it relates to faith in Jesus Christ and the daily religious experiences of converts, the lecture shows how Romani studies scholars respond to the empirical development of faith.
The religious mobilization based on the evangelical religion and the forms of male and female leadership among the Roma have historically been studied in detail in Bulgarian scholarship, which is a less studied focus in Romani studies in general. High achievements have been accomplished through field research in Slovak science regarding the religious path of social integration of the Roma, as well as how evangelicalism offers them various opportunities for professional mobility. The lecturer will also briefly present her new book "Conversion, Leadership and Identity of the Evangelical Roma in Bulgaria" (Brill, 2025), based on long-term ethnographic research.
This lecture is an output of the RELIROMA project APVV-22-0389 Research on religiosity, spirituality and non-religiosity among Roma in Slovakia.
The event can also be participated online via the link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86229820377?pwd=ETOLlRfvK7163LO8UACPOqoltNPb21.1
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