Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism between Innovation and Reconstruction (History of Culture of the Modern Near and Middle East) - Softcover

 
9783631576755: Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism between Innovation and Reconstruction (History of Culture of the Modern Near and Middle East)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3631576757 ISBN 13: 9783631576755
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2019

Synopsis

This volume examines transmission processes of Alevi religious knowledge and ritual practice in the last decades. It assembles contributions by researchers from Germany, Great Britain, and Turkey. They focus on the question how religious knowledge and ritual practice are constantly (re-)negotiated and (re-)distributed in Alevism and, as a comparison, in Yezidism. These processes are discussed in regard to the conditions of social and cultural change, transnational migration, and globalised communication. In doing so, the contributions to this volume follow different approaches and discuss fundamental methodological issues.

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About the Author

Johannes Zimmermann is assistant professor at the chair of Islamic Studies (Ottoman Studies) at Heidelberg University.

Janina Karolewski is research associate at the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 950 «Manuscript Cultures in Asia, Africa and Europe» at the University of Hamburg.

Robert Langer is head of the junior research group «Contemporary Islamic Cultures» at the University of Bayreuth (Religious Studies) and associate professor for Islamic Studies at Heidelberg University.

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Publisher
Peter Lang
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3631576757
ISBN 13 
9783631576755
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
290
Editor
Zimmermann