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The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. Volume II: Patterns and Processes (2020)
Book
Breitbarth, A., Lucas, C., & Willis, D. (2020). The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. Volume II: Patterns and Processes. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199602544.001.0001

This is the second book in a two-volume comparative history of negation in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. It identifies typical developments found repeatedly in the histories of different languages and explores their origins, as well... Read More about The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. Volume II: Patterns and Processes.

Modern and post-secular Alevi and Bektaşi religiosities and the Slavo-Turkic heretical imaginary (2019)
Book Chapter
Stoyanov, Y. (2019). Modern and post-secular Alevi and Bektaşi religiosities and the Slavo-Turkic heretical imaginary. In D. Sosnowska, & E. Drzewiecka (Eds.), The Experience of Faith in Slavic Cultures and Literatures in the Context of Postsecular Thought (129-144). The University of Warsaw Press. https://doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323537175.pp.128-143

The problem of contemporary and post-secular Alevi and Bektāşī religiosities in Turkey, South-East Europe and in diasporic milieux in Western Europe and North America has been attracting some increasing attention since the late 1980s. Following deca... Read More about Modern and post-secular Alevi and Bektaşi religiosities and the Slavo-Turkic heretical imaginary.

The Debate on Medieval Western Christian Dualism through the Prism of Slavonic Pseudepigrapha (2018)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2018). The Debate on Medieval Western Christian Dualism through the Prism of Slavonic Pseudepigrapha. Scrinium Сцриниум (Sankt-Peterburg. Print) (Sankt-Peterburg. Print), 14(1), 334-350. https://doi.org/10.1163/18177565-00141P23

The study of the Old Slavonic pseudepigrapha has assumed wider significance in wider areas of Jewish and Christian religious history after recent research has indicated their importance for the investigation of early Jewish and Christian apocalyptici... Read More about The Debate on Medieval Western Christian Dualism through the Prism of Slavonic Pseudepigrapha.

St. Constantine-Cyril's Mission to the Abbasid Court and Eastern Orthodox Ideology of Warfare (2017)
Book Chapter
Stoyanov, Y. (2017). St. Constantine-Cyril's Mission to the Abbasid Court and Eastern Orthodox Ideology of Warfare. In M. B. Panov (Ed.), The Byzantine Missionary Activity and Its Legacy in Europe (19-28). Euro-Balkan University

The historical development and modern transformations of the attitudes of Eastern Orthodox cultures and ecclesiastical elites to the problems and ethics of war display both significant analogies and dissimilarities to the respective Western Christian... Read More about St. Constantine-Cyril's Mission to the Abbasid Court and Eastern Orthodox Ideology of Warfare.

Gnosis and “Gnosticism” in Alevi and Bektāşī Syncretism. Disputed Origins and New Directions for Research (2016)
Book Chapter
Stoyanov, Y. (2016). Gnosis and “Gnosticism” in Alevi and Bektāşī Syncretism. Disputed Origins and New Directions for Research. In M. A. Amir-Moezzi, M. De Cillis, D. De Smet, & O. Mir-Kasimov (Eds.), L'Ésotérisme shi'ite, ses racines et ses prolongements Shi'i Esotericism: Its Roots and Developments (723-742). Belgium. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.BEHE-EB.4.01193

Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise (2013)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2013). Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise. Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, 3, 149-166. https://doi.org/10.18778/2084-140X.03.11

The article intends to draw attention to some of the most significant and telling appropriations of traditional themes of Biblical paradise in medieval Christian dualism (namely, Paulicianism, Bogomilism and related groups in Eastern Christendom and... Read More about Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise.

Early and recent formulations of theories for a formative Christian heterodox impact on Alevism (2010)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2010). Early and recent formulations of theories for a formative Christian heterodox impact on Alevism. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 37(3), 261-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2010.524435

Amongst the multitude of attempts to re-examine the heritage, history and textual basis of the Alevi tradition, one particular issue remains of importance; the putative relationship between Alevi and Christian groups in the Balkans and Anatolia. In p... Read More about Early and recent formulations of theories for a formative Christian heterodox impact on Alevism.

Norms of War in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (2009)
Book Chapter
Stoyanov, Y. (2009). Norms of War in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. In V. Popovski, G. M. Reichberg, & N. Turner (Eds.), World Religions and Norms of War (166-220). United Nations University Press

Islamic and Christian heterodox water cosmogonies from the Ottoman period-parallels and contrasts (2001)
Journal Article
Stoyanov, Y. (2001). Islamic and Christian heterodox water cosmogonies from the Ottoman period-parallels and contrasts. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 64(1), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x01000027

This article explores some important parallels and differences between certain Eastern Christian and Islamic heterodox (Alevi/Kizilbash, Yezidi and Ahl-e Haqq) cosmogonies, which shared and developed old cosmogonic themes such as the ‘primal ocean’ a... Read More about Islamic and Christian heterodox water cosmogonies from the Ottoman period-parallels and contrasts.