Author: Vulchinova, Galina [Valtchinova, Galina]
Title: Znepolski Pokhvali : lokalna religiia i identichnost v zapadna Bulgariia
Description: Sofiia, Akademichno Izd.Marin Drinov, 1999. orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, 1999. 8pp map & photoplates. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Bulgarian text. Includes a 6-page French summary. "Laudae Znepolensia": Religion & Local Identity in Western Bulgaria". Contents: Tren i oblastta Znepole: Prirpda, obshtestvo, istoriia [Trân & the region of Znepole: Nature, Society, History]; Lokalna religiia na Trenskiia krai: Izmereniia na kultovete na sveta Petka i na sveti Terapont [Local religion of the region of Trân: Religious dimensions of the cults of Saint Petka & Saint Therapon]; Lokalna religiia na Trenskiia krai: Svetka Petka i sveti Terapon v konteksta [The cults of Saints Petka & Therapon in the context of local religious life]; Tren i Znepole mezhdu dve natsionalni obstnosti: za granitsata, marginalnostta i religiiata [Trân & Znepole between two national c0ommunities: The border, marginalism & religion]; Mezhdu traditsiiata i beznozhieto: Razvitie na religiozniia zhivot v Trensko prez posledniia vek [Between traditioon & religious disenchantment: Developments in religious life in the environs of Trân in the course of the last century]

Keywords: Bulgaria, Znepole Tran, Western Bulgaria, Eastern Orthodox, Christian Saints, History of Religion, Therapon Petka, Saint Cult Cults, Anthropology, Ethnography