The Alevis in Turkey : the emergence of a secular Islamic tradition /

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"The Alevis, a heterodox Islamic group in modern Turkey, have no church, no established doctrine and no shared liturgy. Instead, their religion has developed in rural Anatolia through hereditary holy figures who transmitted esoteric religious thought through music, poetry and collective rituals...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shankland, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Subjects:
Bektashi > Turkey.
Nosairians > Turkey.
Shīʻah > Turkey.
Shīʻah > Relations > Sunnites.
Sunnites > Relations > Shīʻah.
Islam and secularism > Turkey.
Religion and politics > Turkey.
Chiisme > Relations > Sunnisme.
Sunnisme > Relations > Chiisme.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Bektashi
Ethnic relations
Interfaith relations
Islam and secularism
Nosairians
Religion and politics
Shīʻah
Sunnites
Aleviten
Alevieten.
Turkey > Ethnic relations.
Asie Mineure > Relations interethniques.
Turkey
Türkei
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Alevi and Sunni in the Republic of Turkey
  • 2. The sub-province
  • 3. The Sunni villages : a model of rural integration
  • 4. Susesi : an Alevi community
  • 5. Religion, ritual and social control
  • 6. Social change and the Alevi communities
  • 7. The Alevis, evolving identity and the state
  • 8. conclusion : comparative and theoretical relections.

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