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 /

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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Other Authors: Kehl-Bodrogi, Krisztina., Kellner-Heinkele, Barbara., Otter-Beaujean, Anke.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1997.

Series: Numen Book Series 76.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Islamic sects > Middle East > Congresses.
Syncretism (Islam) > Congresses.
Religion > Study and teaching > Methodology > Congresses.

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Call Number: BP192 .S96 1997

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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.