TY  - BOOK
AU  - McBrien,Julie
TI  - From belonging to belief: modern secularisms and the construction of religion in Kyrgyzstan 
SN  - 9780822983057
AV  - BP190.5.S35 M43 2017eb
U1  - 297.2/6095843 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Pittsburgh, Pa.
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
KW  - Islam and secularism
KW  - Kyrgyzstan
KW  - Islam
KW  - Secularism
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
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