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The Alevis in Turkey [electronic resource] : the emergence of a secular Islamic tradition / David Shankland.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Shankland, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.
Subjects:
Bektashi > Turkey.
Nosairians > Turkey.
Shīʿah > Turkey.
Shīʻah > Relations > Sunnites.
Sunnites > Relations > Shīʻah.
Islam and secularism > Turkey.
Religion and politics > Turkey.
Turkey > Ethnic relations.
Bektashi.
Ethnic relations.
Interfaith relations.
Islam and secularism.
Nosairians.
Religion and politics.
Shīʻah.
Sunnites.
Turkey.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Alevi and Sunni in the Republic of Turkey
  • 2. The sub-province
  • 3. The Sunni villages : a model of rural integration
  • 4. Susesi : an Alevi community
  • 5. Religion, ritual and social control
  • 6. Social change and the Alevi communities
  • 7. The Alevis, evolving identity and the state
  • 8. conclusion : comparative and theoretical relections.

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