From belonging to belief modern Secularisms and the construction of religion in Kyrgyzstan

"This book presents a nuanced ethnographic study of Islam and secularism in post-Soviet Central Asia, as seen from the small town of Bazaar-Korgon in southern Kyrgyzstan. Julie McBrien explores belief and non-belief, varying practices of Islam, discourses of extremism, and the role of the state...

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1. Verfasser: McBrien, Julie (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press 2017
Schriftenreihe:Central Eurasia in context series
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Zusammenfassung:"This book presents a nuanced ethnographic study of Islam and secularism in post-Soviet Central Asia, as seen from the small town of Bazaar-Korgon in southern Kyrgyzstan. Julie McBrien explores belief and non-belief, varying practices of Islam, discourses of extremism, and the role of the state, to elucidate the everyday experiences of Bazaar-Korgonians. She shows how Islam is explored, lived, and debated in both conventional and novel sites, and argues that religion is not always a matter of belief--sometimes it is essentially about belonging. McBrien details the complex process of evolving religion in a region that has experienced both Soviet atheism and post-Soviet secularism, each of which has profoundly formed the way Muslims interpret and live Islam" --
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Beschreibung:xiii, 232 Seiten
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ISBN:0822965089
0-8229-6508-9
9780822965084
978-0-8229-6508-4