The Plain of Saints and Prophets

Name: The Plain of Saints and Prophets
Brand: Harrassowitz
SKU: 9783447061780
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The Nusayri-Alawi Community of Cilicia (Southern Turkey) and its Sacred Places

Szerző: Gisela Procházka-Eisl, Stephan Procházka

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Harrassowitz

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The book is the first detailed study on the Nusayri-Alawi community of Cilicia available in a Wester...

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Szerző

Gisela Procházka-Eisl, Stephan Procházka

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2010

oldal

404

EAN

9783447061780

Enbook ID

02458346

Kiadó

Harrassowitz

Súly

844

Méretek

170 x 240 x 24

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The book is the first detailed study on the Nusayri-Alawi community of Cilicia available in a Western language. The Alawis are an Arabic speaking religious minority of ca. 300,000 people living in the Turkish provinces of Adana and Mersin. The book contains chapters devoted to the history of Alawi settlement, the community s identity and social structures, and prejudices they have to face from the majority population. Also covered are religious practices like feasts and beliefs like metempsychosis. The heart of the book is an analysis of the numerous Alawi sanctuaries. Long-term field research enabled the authors to document a vital, highly mobile practice of saint veneration performed at continuously changing sacred places. Besides a catalogue of nearly 200 shrines and several detailed case-studies there are chapters on the age and origins of the sacred places, the rites performed there, and the structure of the pilgrims. A major aim of the study is to present the local Alawi saint veneration in a broader Islamic context by describing the sacred landscape , analyzing current changes and tendencies, and discussing the paramount role of women in the practice of saint veneration and in the perceived sacredness of the holy places.

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