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From belonging to belief : modern secularisms and the construction of religion in Kyrgyzstan / Julie McBrien.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource : illustrations, mapContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780822983057
  • 0822983052
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.2/6095843 23
LOC classification:
  • BP190.5.S35 M43 2017eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Translation; Map; Introduction; 1. On Being Muslim in Bazaar-Korgon; 2. Listening to the Wedding Speaker; 3. Living and Learning Islam; 4. Mukadasâ#x80;#x99;s Struggle; 5. The Propriety of Mosques; 6. Watching Clone; Conclusion; Appendix: Notes on Fieldwork; Notes; References; Index.
Summary: "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"-- Publisher's website
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1717607

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 9, 2018).

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Translation; Map; Introduction; 1. On Being Muslim in Bazaar-Korgon; 2. Listening to the Wedding Speaker; 3. Living and Learning Islam; 4. Mukadasâ#x80;#x99;s Struggle; 5. The Propriety of Mosques; 6. Watching Clone; Conclusion; Appendix: Notes on Fieldwork; Notes; References; Index.

"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"-- Publisher's website