Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia
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Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia

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eBook - PDF

Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia

About this book

The introduction of Islam ushered in an era of social and cultural change to the region. Some pre-Islamic sacred places have been transformed into Islamic ones, and the cult of saints absorbed elements of both local and Arab mythology. This volume which is a project initiated by the Balkan History Association, focuses on Islamic culture, traditions, and pre-Islamic beliefs in Central Asia. The chapters emphasize the importance of religious life, the significance of certain "sacred places," and their role in the socio-spiritual life. The volume includes research spanning a period from antiquity to the Post-Soviet era to explore how landscapes of religious places and practices were interpreted and reinterpreted through time.

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Yes, you can access Islamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia by Mihai Dragnea,Dorina Dragnea,Antonio Alonso Marcos in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Islamic Theology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9798216257011
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Islamic Theology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I: Soviet Religious Legislation
  9. Chapter 1: Communist Atheism Overrides Islam: The Soviet Movement for Religious Control in Central Asia (1930s–1960s)
  10. Chapter 2: Interpretation of the “Soviet Past” in Historical Policy: Newly Independent States of Central Asia
  11. Chapter 3: Impact of Communal Identity on the Notion of States in Soviet Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
  12. Part II: Political Islam and Islamic Social and Cultural Reformation
  13. Chapter 4: Hizb ut Tahrir (HT) in Central Asia since 2000: A Political Party, a Terrorist Group or a Social Movement?
  14. Chapter 5: Islam in Central Asia: Where Is Jadidism Today, and Is Neo-Salafism the New Jadidism?
  15. Part III: Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Material Culture
  16. Chapter 6: Ancient Religions and Beliefs: Pre-Islamic Cult Architecture of the Ancient States of Central Asia
  17. Chapter 7: Heads or Altars: An Analysis of Religious Culture in Early Islamic Numismatics
  18. Part IV: Sacred Spaces and Religious Mobility
  19. Chapter 8: Islamic Shrines and Pilgrimage in Samarkand (1992–2022)
  20. Chapter 9: Sacred Sites in the Period of Religious Liberalization in Uzbekistan: The Case of the Seven Pirs Shrines in Bukhara
  21. Part V: Language and Ethnic Identity
  22. Chapter 10: The Semantic Analysis of Mythological Conceptual Units in Religious Discourse: A Case Study of the Karakalpak Language
  23. Chapter 11: Beliefs of the Semi-Nomadic Turkic-Speaking Ethnic Group in Iran, the Qashqais
  24. Index
  25. About the Editors
  26. About the Contributors