Transmission processes of religious knowledge and ritual practice in Alevism between innovation and reconstruction

Knowledge transmission in Alevism – Ritual practice – Written tradition – Oral lore – Scripturalisation – Memory and commemoration – Manuscripts – New media – Mimetics and imitation – Poet-minstrels – Gender roles – Transnational space – Yezidism.

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Contributors: Zimmermann, Johannes 1977- (Editor) ; Karolewski, Janina 1980- (Editor) ; Langer, Robert 1967- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Frankfurt a.M Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag d. Wissenschaften 2019, c2018
In:Year: 2019
Edition:1st, New ed
Series/Journal:History of Culture of the Modern Near and Middle East 39
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Alawites / Ritual / Religious life / Tradition / Innovation
B Turkey / Alawites
Further subjects:B Conference program
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Available in another form: 9783631576755
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Summary:Knowledge transmission in Alevism – Ritual practice – Written tradition – Oral lore – Scripturalisation – Memory and commemoration – Manuscripts – New media – Mimetics and imitation – Poet-minstrels – Gender roles – Transnational space – Yezidism.
This volume examines transmission processes of Alevi religious knowledge and ritual practice in the last decades. It assembles contributions by researchers from Germany, Great Britain, and Turkey. They focus on the question how religious knowledge and ritual practice are constantly (re-)negotiated and (re-)distributed in Alevism and, as a comparison, in Yezidism. These processes are discussed in regard to the conditions of social and cultural change, transnational migration, and globalised communication. In doing so, the contributions to this volume follow different approaches and discuss fundamental methodological issues
ISBN:3631732589
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3726/b11674