Book
Muslim Turkistan: Kazak religion and collective memory
Curzon Press • Richmond, Surrey • Published In 2001 • Pages:
By: Privratsky, Bruce G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Kazak are a Muslim people in Central Asia among whom religious belief and behavior are mediated by a verbatim memory of their nomadic ancestors and the Sufi saints who nurtured them in the way of Islam. This book seeks to interpret Kazak religion based on people's actual experiences. The focus is on spirituality and Muslim life among the Kazaks in the small city of Turkistan in Southern Kazakhstan, which has been the center of Kazak religious life (associated with the Sufi legacy) and cultural identity. Framing the discussion on anthropological theories of religion, the author concludes by identifying salient features of Kazak religious life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- Religious experience
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Religious denominations
- Traditional history
- Mythology
- Prophets and ascetics
- Revelation and divination
- Magic
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sacred objects and places
- Religious denominations
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- External relations
- Avoidance and taboo
- Cult of the dead
- Congregations
- Religious and educational structures
- Cultural identity and pride
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kazakh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1991-1999
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1864-2001
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Turkestan (city), South Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bruce G. Privratsky
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-298) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2009415562
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Islam--Kazakhstan--Turkistan--20th century
- Sufism--Kazakhstan--Turkistan--20th century
- Kazakhs--Religious life
- Islam. gtt
- Turkistan (Kazakhstan)--Religion--20th century
- Kazakhstan--Turkistan--Religion--20th century