Gëzim Alpion
Biographic Data
| ID | 158529 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gëzim Alpion |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gëzim |
| FAMILY NAME | Alpion |
| SIGNATURE | ALPION G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7879-1752 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Differential personality predictors and contextuality in human rights support
In the debate between the universal versus contextual dimension of attitudes toward human rights, we argue that personality can explain differences in support for human rights, and that different personality traits tend to show different predictive stability across different issues. In this proto-theoretical effort, we argue that different contexts may affect differently the direction of personality traits in support for human rights. We found th…
The incurably incredulous living saint
Mother Teresa's spirituality has been under scrutiny following the revelation that she suffered from the dark night of the soul. This three-part study initially covers the Church's reactions to her aridity from 1999 to 2007. The second part focuses on three main approaches-theological, psychological, and medical-in academic writings to her emptiness, interpreting it as indicative of holiness and a mental health condition. Having acknowledged spor…
Why are modern spiritual icons absent in celebrity studies? The role of intermediaries in enhancing Mother Teresa's advocacy in India and Australia prior to the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
There is increasing consensus amongst scholars from various academic disciplines that the influence of celebrity culture on our lives is compatible to the function and impact of religion prior to the Enlightenment. Notwithstanding the growing body of literature on the correlation between celebrity culture and faith, so far little has been written on how they affect each other. The absence of spiritual icons in celebrity studies is also noticeable…
Encounters with Civilizations
The Emergence of Mother Teresa as a Religious Visionary and the Initial Resistance to Her Charism/a
The article focuses on the emergence of Mother Teresa as a religious visionary and the hostile treatment she received at the Loreto order in the late 1940s. Mother Teresa’s early career as an ‘independent’ nun is a useful case study to look afresh at some traditional views on the revolutionary nature of charisma, the initial reception of the ‘natural’ and charismatic leader, mainly the ‘deviant type’, and the ‘proofs’ expected from and provided b…
Media and Celebrity Culture—Subjectivist, Structuralist and Post-structuralist Approaches to Mother Teresa's Celebrity Status
There has never been a society without famous people and, as Thomas Carlyle once put it, ‘[t]he history of the world is but the biography of great men’ (1966, p. 29). In pre-industrialized societie
Between morality and the law
Media, ethnicity and patriotism—the Balkans ‘unholy war’ for the appropriation of Mother Teresa
In the summer of 2003 an ‘unholy war’ broke out between the Albanians and the Macedonians over the filiation of a beatified woman. The decision of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia to ere
Media, ethnicity and patriotism—the Balkans ‘unholy war’ for the appropriation of Mother Teresa
In the summer of 2003 an ‘unholy war’ broke out between the Albanians and the Macedonians over the filiation of a beatified woman. The decision of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia to ere
Why are modern spiritual icons absent in celebrity studies? The role of intermediaries in enhancing Mother Teresa's advocacy in India and Australia prior to the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
There is increasing consensus amongst scholars from various academic disciplines that the influence of celebrity culture on our lives is compatible to the function and impact of religion prior to the Enlightenment. Notwithstanding the growing body of literature on the correlation between celebrity culture and faith, so far little has been written on how they affect each other. The absence of spiritual icons in celebrity studies is also noticeable…
Encounters with Civilizations
The Emergence of Mother Teresa as a Religious Visionary and the Initial Resistance to Her Charism/a
The article focuses on the emergence of Mother Teresa as a religious visionary and the hostile treatment she received at the Loreto order in the late 1940s. Mother Teresa’s early career as an ‘independent’ nun is a useful case study to look afresh at some traditional views on the revolutionary nature of charisma, the initial reception of the ‘natural’ and charismatic leader, mainly the ‘deviant type’, and the ‘proofs’ expected from and provided b…
Media and Celebrity Culture—Subjectivist, Structuralist and Post-structuralist Approaches to Mother Teresa's Celebrity Status
There has never been a society without famous people and, as Thomas Carlyle once put it, ‘[t]he history of the world is but the biography of great men’ (1966, p. 29). In pre-industrialized societie
Media, ethnicity and patriotism—the Balkans ‘unholy war’ for the appropriation of Mother Teresa
In the summer of 2003 an ‘unholy war’ broke out between the Albanians and the Macedonians over the filiation of a beatified woman. The decision of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia to ere
Media and Celebrity Culture—Subjectivist, Structuralist and Post-structuralist Approaches to Mother Teresa's Celebrity Status
There has never been a society without famous people and, as Thomas Carlyle once put it, ‘[t]he history of the world is but the biography of great men’ (1966, p. 29). In pre-industrialized societie
Between morality and the law
The Emergence of Mother Teresa as a Religious Visionary and the Initial Resistance to Her Charism/a
The article focuses on the emergence of Mother Teresa as a religious visionary and the hostile treatment she received at the Loreto order in the late 1940s. Mother Teresa’s early career as an ‘independent’ nun is a useful case study to look afresh at some traditional views on the revolutionary nature of charisma, the initial reception of the ‘natural’ and charismatic leader, mainly the ‘deviant type’, and the ‘proofs’ expected from and provided b…
Encounters with Civilizations
Why are modern spiritual icons absent in celebrity studies? The role of intermediaries in enhancing Mother Teresa's advocacy in India and Australia prior to the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
There is increasing consensus amongst scholars from various academic disciplines that the influence of celebrity culture on our lives is compatible to the function and impact of religion prior to the Enlightenment. Notwithstanding the growing body of literature on the correlation between celebrity culture and faith, so far little has been written on how they affect each other. The absence of spiritual icons in celebrity studies is also noticeable…
The incurably incredulous living saint
Mother Teresa's spirituality has been under scrutiny following the revelation that she suffered from the dark night of the soul. This three-part study initially covers the Church's reactions to her aridity from 1999 to 2007. The second part focuses on three main approaches-theological, psychological, and medical-in academic writings to her emptiness, interpreting it as indicative of holiness and a mental health condition. Having acknowledged spor…
Differential personality predictors and contextuality in human rights support
In the debate between the universal versus contextual dimension of attitudes toward human rights, we argue that personality can explain differences in support for human rights, and that different personality traits tend to show different predictive stability across different issues. In this proto-theoretical effort, we argue that different contexts may affect differently the direction of personality traits in support for human rights. We found th…
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