Religious Revival and Secularism in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan : : / / Dobroslawa Wiktor-Mach.
The book explores the complex world of Islam from the perspective of its adherents and activists in Azerbaijan. Baku, the most secular Muslim capital city, is a battlefield for the minds and souls of „ethnic Muslims.” Visiting pirs was till now the typical expression of religiosity among Azerbaijani...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion and Society ,
71 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XV, 228 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Religion as a Field of Competition
- Chapter 2. Islam in the Caucasus: Historical Contexts of Religious Pluralism
- Chapter 3. Islamic Modernism and Secularism
- Chapter 4. The Lived Islam
- Chapter 5. Religious Revival and the Plurality of Choices
- Chapter 6. Choosing Religion: Strategies and Discourses
- Chapter 7. Religious Competition
- Chapter 8. State control: Heretic-Hunting
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index