The Guide after Rumi: Tradition and its Foil in Tajik Sufism
This article interrogates discourses on the nature of the Islamic revival in Central Asia by ethnographically examining notions of “tradition” and traditionality in the performance of Sufi ritual in contemporary Tajikistan. It discusses the social work of ritual in constructing and maintaining Sufi...
| Published in: | Nova religio |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2013
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| In: |
Nova religio
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| Further subjects: | B
Tradition
B Ritual B Sufism B Tajikistan |
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| Summary: | This article interrogates discourses on the nature of the Islamic revival in Central Asia by ethnographically examining notions of “tradition” and traditionality in the performance of Sufi ritual in contemporary Tajikistan. It discusses the social work of ritual in constructing and maintaining Sufi tradition in one Tajik Sufi brotherhood and uses this case study to consider the contours of religious revivalism and “newfound” Islamic religiosity in Tajikistan. This paper highlights the active processes of traditionalization at work in Tajik Sufism and the authority-lending and pedagogical capacities of nascent religious discourse. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2013.17.1.5 |