Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-6929-0 (ISBN)
The introduction of Islam ushered in an era of social and cultural change to the region. Some pre-Islamic sacred places have been transformed into Islamic ones, and the cult of saints absorbed elements of both local and Arab mythology. This volume which is a project initiated by the Balkan History Association, focuses on Islamic culture, traditions, and pre-Islamic beliefs in Central Asia. The chapters emphasize the importance of religious life, the significance of certain “sacred places,” and their role in the socio-spiritual life. The volume includes research spanning a period from antiquity to the Post-Soviet era to explore how landscapes of religious places and practices were interpreted and reinterpreted through time.
Mihai Dragnea is president of the Balkan History Association and associate researcher at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Dorina Dragnea is vice-president of the Balkan History Association and currently works at the National Institute of Heritage, Bucharest. Antonio Alonso Marcos is professor of political science at the CEU San Pablo University.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Religious Landscapes of Central Asia throughout History
Mihai Dragnea, Dorina Dragnea, Antonio Alonso Marcos, and Elissa Bullion
Soviet Religious Legislation
Chapter 1: Communist Atheism Overrides Islam: The Soviet Movement for Religious Control in Central Asia (1930s-1960s)
Rui Kai Xue
Chapter 2: Interpretation of the "Soviet Past" in Historical Policy Newly Independent States of Central Asia
Viachaslau Menkouski
Chapter 3: Impact of Communal Identity on the Notion of States in Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
Shambhavi Thite
Political Islam and Islamic Social and Cultural Reformation
Chapter 4: Hizb ut Tahrir (HT) in Central Asia Since 2000: A Political Party, a Terrorist Group or a Social Movement?
Antonio Alonso Marcos
Chapter 5: Islam in Central Asia: Why Jadidism is ‘Out’ and Why Salafism is ‘In’
Dareg Zabarah-Chulak
Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Material Culture
Chapter 6: Ancient Religions and Beliefs: Pre-Islamic Cult Architecture of the Ancient States of Central Asia
Shoira Nurmukhamedova and Feruzjon Subkhonov
Chapter 7: Heads or Altars: An Analysis of Religious Culture in Early Islamic Numismatics
Jonathan Ouellet
Sacred Spaces and Religious Mobility
Chapter 8: Islamic Shrines and pilgrimage in Samarkand (1992-2022)
Azim Malikov
Chapter 9: The Impact of the Seven Pir Shrines in the Bukhara Province on the Social-Spiritual Life of the Muslims in Uzbekistan
Fahri Türk and Dolunay Yusuf Baltürk
Language and Ethnic Identity
Chapter 10: The Semantic Analysis of Mythological Conceptual Units in Religious Discourse: A Case Study of the Karakalpak Language
Gulzira Kdirbaeva
Chapter 11: Beliefs of the Semi-Nomadic Turkic-speaking Ethnic Group in Iran, the Qashqais
Venera Mustafayeva
About the Contributors
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Mihai Dragnea, Dorina Dragnea |
| Zusatzinfo | 15 BW Illustrations, 1 Table |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 621 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-6929-X / 166696929X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-6929-0 / 9781666969290 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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