New English Paperback. Pbo. Small 4to. (28 x 18 cm). In English. [10], 210 p., color and b/w ills. Alevi identity. Cultural, religious and social perspectives. Papers read at a conference held at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, November 25-27, 1996. Contents: 1. I. Mélikoff, Bektashi/Kizilbas: Historical bipartition and its consequences; 2. E. Cornell, On Bektashism in Bosnia.; 3. D. Shankland, Anthropology and ethnicity: The place of ethnography in the new Alevi movement. 4. K. Vorhoff, Academic and journalistic publications on the Alevi and Bektashi of Turkey; 5. F. Bilici, The function of Alevi-Bektashi theology in modern Turkey; 6. R. Cakir, Political Alevism versus political Sunnism: Convergences and divergences 7. H. Rittersberger-Tilic, Development and reformulation of a returnee identity as Alevi 8. R. Camuroglu, Alevi revivalism in Turkey 9. F. Bozkurt, State-community relations in the restructuring of Alevism 10. I. Ortayli, Ottoman modernisation and sabetaism. 11. J. During, A critical survey on Ahl-e Haqq studies in Europe and Iran 12. J. Skovgaard-Petersen, Taqiya or civil religion? Druze religious specialists in the framework of the Lebanese confessional state 13. A. Layish, The Druze religious will as a political instrument 14. M. Aringberg-Laanatza, Alevis in Turkey-Alawites in Syria: Similarities and differences 15. T. Olsson, The gnosis of mountaineers and townspeople. The religion of the Syrian Alawites, or the Nusairis 16. C. Raudvere, Urban visions and religious communities: Access and visibility 17. T. Olsson, Epilogue: The scripturalization of Ali-oriented religions.
