Cargando…

And Then We Work for God : Rural Sunni Islam in Western Turkey /

Turkey's contemporary struggles with Islam are often interpreted as a conflict between religion and secularism played out most obviously in the split between rural and urban populations. The reality, of course, is more complicated than the assumptions. Exploring religious expression in two vill...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hart, Kimberly, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Turkey's contemporary struggles with Islam are often interpreted as a conflict between religion and secularism played out most obviously in the split between rural and urban populations. The reality, of course, is more complicated than the assumptions. Exploring religious expression in two villages, this book considers rural spiritual practices and describes a living, evolving Sunni Islam, influenced and transformed by local and national sources of religious orthodoxy. Drawing on a decade of research, Kimberly Hart shows how religion is not an abstract set of principles, but a comp.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0804786682
9780804786683