This book opens a new research field of the Balkan contextual theology. By embracing culturally rich traditions of the Western Balkans as its starting point, it explores their existential and theological bearings. Placed at the crossroads of civilizations and religions, this region has witnessed some of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. At the same time, it has produced unique textures of inter-cultural life, characterized by rich immaterial legacies. The volume addresses some of the most poignant phenomena endemic for the region, such as sevdah music, curses and blessings, intimate forms of neighborhood, archetypes of ‘sacred warriors,’ experience of democratic jetlag, collective melancholy, and intergenerational trauma. As the first book of this nature, it aims to encourage further development of contextual theological thinking in the region and promote its international reception.