Being Muslim in central Asia : practices, politics, and identities /

"This volume explores the changing place of Islam in contemporary Central Asia, understanding religion as a "societal shaper"--A roadmap for navigating quickly evolving social and cultural values. Islam can take on multiple colors and identities, from a purely transcendental faith in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Laruelle, Marlène (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.
Series:Eurasian studies library, VOLUME 9
Subjects:
Muslims > Asia, Central.
Islam > Asia, Central.
Musulmans > Asie centrale.
Islam > Asie centrale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Islam
Muslims
Central Asia
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"This volume explores the changing place of Islam in contemporary Central Asia, understanding religion as a "societal shaper"--A roadmap for navigating quickly evolving social and cultural values. Islam can take on multiple colors and identities, from a purely transcendental faith in God to a cauldron of ideological ferment for political ideology, via diverse culture-, community-, and history-based phenomena. The volumes discusses what it means to be a Muslim in today's Central Asia by looking at both historical and sociological features, investigates the relationship between Islam, politics and the state, the changing role of Islam in terms of societal values, and the issue of female attire as a public debate."--Publisher description
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004357242
9004357246
ISSN:1877-9484 ;

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