Bruce Privratsky

Muslim Turkistan (eBook, ePUB)

Kazak Religion and Collective Memory

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This ethnography of Muslim life among the Kazaks of Central Asia describes the sacralisation of land and ethnic identity, local understanding of Islamic purity, the Kazak ancestor cult and domestic spirituality, and pilgrimage to the tombs of Sufi saints.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 321
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136838248
• Artikelnr.: 40113759

Autorenporträt

Bruce Privratsky

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE 1. THE PROBLEM OF KAZAK RELIGION The Historical Setting
Perspectives on Kazak Religion
Collective Memory and Kazak Religion
Method
2. KIYELI IER: MUSLIM LANDSCAPES AND KAZAK ETHNICITY The Ethnic Demography of Turkistan
Local History: Turkistan and Kazak Ethnogenesis
Muslim Burial Grounds and Kazak Ethnic Identity
Yasawi and His Pilgrims Conclusion 3. TAZAJOL: THE PURE WAY OF ISLAM AMONG THE KAZAKS The Pure Way and its Variability
The Names of God and the Kazak Idea of Islam
The Daily Experience of Purity and Impurity
Upholding the Five Pillars of Islam
Reprise: The Five Pillars in Old Age
Observing the Islamic Rites of Passage
The Qojas: Guardians of the Taza Jol
Memories of the Sufi Tradition
Conclusion 4. ARUAQ: REMEMBERING THE ANCESTORS Kinship
Lineage
and the Ancestor-Spirits
Dreams of the Ancestors
The Quran Recital and Blessing
The Thursday Rite of Quran and Oil
The Funeral Cycle and Memorial Feast
Kazak Ancestors and the Persistence of Religion Conclusion 5. AULIYE: REMEMBERING THE SAINTS
The Way of the Muslim Saints
The Shrine Center and its Periphery
Pilgrimage Scenes at the Yasawi Shrine
Dynamics of Pilgrimage
Living Saints: New Age Religion in Kazakstan
The Ayan Complex: A Symbiosis of Ancestors and Saints
Conclusion 6. EMSHI: THE KAZAK HEALER Qoja and Mullah: The Muslim Way of Healing
Three Tawips: Women as Healers
Palsht: The Fortune-Tellers
Baqst: The Kazak Shaman
Semantic Problems in the Healing Tradition
Today's Emshi - Yesterday's Shaman
Conclusion
7. KAZAK RELIGION AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY The Kazaks and their Religion
Collective Memory Reconstructed
Conclusion 8. RELIGION AS CULTURE AND SPIRIT The Construction and Reality of Religion
The Integrity of the Religious Life
Religion and Science
Kazak Religion and the Ethnographic Experience