Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia (eBook)

Dorina Dragnea, Mihai Dragnea, Antonio Alonso Marcos (Herausgeber)

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2024
298 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) (Verlag)
979-8-216-25701-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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 "e;sacred places,"e; 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.9.2024
• Co-Autor: Dolunay Yusuf Balturk, Shoira Nurmukhamedova, Jonathan Ouellet, Feruzjon Subkhonov, Shambhavi Thite, Fahri Turk, Rui Kai Xue, Dareg Zabarah-Chulak, Elissa Bullion, Dorina Dragnea, Mihai Dragnea, Gulzira Kdirbaeva, Azim Malikov, Antonio Alonso Marcos, Viachaslau Menkouski, Venera Mustafayeva
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-13: 979-8-216-25701-1 / 9798216257011