Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East : : Collected Papers of the International Symposium “Alevism in Turkey and Comparable Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East in the Past and Present”, Berlin, 14-17 April 1995 /

Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East : : Collected Papers of the International Symposium “Alevism in Turkey and Comparable Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East in the Past and Present”, Berlin, 14-17 April 1995 / / edite

This volume deals with Islamic sects in the Near East such as the Alevis (Turkey), Druzes (Libanon), Alawis (Syria), Ahl-i Haqq (Iran, Iraq) and Shabak (Iraq), which have in common a syncretistic system of belief with a strong Shi'ite influence, as well as secrecy and endogamy. The contribution...

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Kehl-Bodrogi
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Kehl-Bodrogi, Krisztina.
Kellner-Heinkele, Barbara.
Otter-Beaujean, Anke.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1997.
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
French
German
Arabic
Series:Numen Book Series 76.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 255 pages, 4 unnumbered pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • “Aslini İnkar Eden Haramzadedir!“ the Debate on the Ethnic Identity of the Kurdish Alevis
  • Some Notes on the Contemporary Process of Restructuring Alevilik in Turkey
  • The Phenomenon of Syncretism and the Impact of Islam / Carsten Colpe
  • Le Système des Offrandes dans la Tradition Ahl-e Haqq / Jean During
  • Switching of We-Group Identities: The Alevis as a Case Among Many Others / Georg Elwert
  • The Attitude of the Druzes and Calawis Vis-à-Vis Islam and Nationalism in Syria and Lebanon / Kais M. Firro
  • Methodological Notes on Interdisciplinary Research on Near Eastern Religious Minorities
  • On the Significance of Musahiplik Among the Alevis of Turkey: the Case of the Tahtaci / Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi
  • The Status of Islamic Law in the Druze Family in a Non-Muslim State as Reflected in Judicial Practice / Aharon Layish
  • Between Assimilation and Deportation: The Shabak and the Kakais in Northern Iraq / Michiel Leezenberg
  • Breaking the Seal: the New Face of the Ahl-e Haqq / Ziba Mir-Hosseini
  • Un Aperçu Général sur L'Hétérodoxie Musulmane en Turquie: Réflexions sur les Origines et les Caractéristiques du Kizilbachisme (Alévisme) Dans la Perspective de L'Histoire / Ahmet Yaşar Ocak
  • Les Groupes Hétérodoxes et l'Administration Ottomane / İlbek Ortayli
  • Schriftliche Überlieferung Versus Mündliche Tradition – Zum Stellenwert der Buyruk-Handschriften im Alevitum / Anke Otter-Beaujean
  • Survival and Leadership at an Interface Periphery: The Druzes in Lebanon / Thomas Scheffler
  • Index
  • List of Contributors
  • Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.

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