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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Sprache: | eng |
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
University of Pittsburgh Press
2017
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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" -- Machine generated contents note |
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Beschreibung: | xiii, 232 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
ISBN: | 0822965089 0-8229-6508-9 9780822965084 978-0-8229-6508-4 |