Writing religion the making of Turkish Alevi Islam

Markus Dressler tells the story of how a number of marginalized socioreligious communities, traditionally and derogatorily referred to as Kizilbas ('Redhead'), captured the attention of the late Ottoman and early Republican Turkish nationalists and were gradually integrated into the newly...

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Main Author: Dressler, Markus
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
Series:Reflection and theory in the study of religion series / Reflection and theory in the study of religion series
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Markus Dressler tells the story of how a number of marginalized socioreligious communities, traditionally and derogatorily referred to as Kizilbas ('Redhead'), captured the attention of the late Ottoman and early Republican Turkish nationalists and were gradually integrated into the newly formulated identity of secular Turkish nationalists
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780199346103