From belonging to belief: modern Secularisms and the construction of religion in Kyrgyzstan

"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...

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Auteur principal: McBrien, Julie 1974- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press [2017]
Dans:Année: 2017
Collection/Revue:Central Eurasia in context series
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Kirgisien / Petite ville / Islam / Sécularisation
Sujets non-standardisés:B Secularism (Kyrgyzstan)
B Islam (Kyrgyzstan)
B Islam and secularism (Kyrgyzstan)
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Résumé:"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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ISBN:0822965089