TY - BOOK ID - 80839848 TI - From belonging to belief PY - 2017 SN - 9780822983057 0822983052 0822965089 9780822965084 PB - Pittsburgh, Pa. DB - UniCat KW - Secularism KW - Islam KW - Islam and secularism KW - Secularism and Islam KW - Mohammedanism KW - Muhammadanism KW - Muslimism KW - Mussulmanism KW - Religions KW - Muslims KW - Ethics KW - Irreligion KW - Utilitarianism KW - Atheism KW - Postsecularism KW - Secularization (Theology) KW - Kyrgyzstan. KW - Jierjisi gong he guo KW - Jumhūrī-i Qirqīzistān KW - Kirghiz S.S.R. KW - Kirghizia KW - Kirgisia KW - Kirgisien KW - Kirgisistan KW - Kirgizii͡ KW - Kirgizistan KW - Kirgiziya KW - Kirgizstan KW - Kirugisu KW - Kirugisutan KW - Kuruguzu KW - Kuruguzusutan KW - Kyrghyzstan KW - Kyrgyz Republic KW - Kyrgyz Respublikasy KW - Kyrgyzskai͡a Respublika KW - Kyrgyzskaya Respublika KW - Kyrgyzstan Respublikasy KW - Qirghiz Respublikasi KW - Qīrghīzistān KW - Qırğız Respublikası KW - Qırğızstan KW - Qirqīzistān KW - Republic of Kyrgyzstan KW - Respublika Kyrgyzstan UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80839848 AB - From Belonging to Belief presents a nuanced ethnographic study of Islam and secularism in post-Soviet Central Asia, as seen from the small town of Bazaar-Korgon in southern Kyrgyzstan. Opening with the juxtaposition of a statue of Lenin and a mosque in the town square, Julie McBrien proceeds to peel away the multiple layers that have shaped the return of public Islam in the region. She explores belief and nonbelief, varying practices of Islam, discourses of extremism, and the role of the state, to elucidate the everyday experiences of Bazaar-Korgonians. McBrien shows how Islam is explored, lived, and debated in both conventional and novel sites: a Soviet-era cleric who continues to hold great influence; popular television programs; religious instruction at wedding parties; clothing; celebrations; and others. Through ethnographic research, McBrien reveals how moving toward Islam is not a simple step but rather a deliberate and personal journey of experimentation, testing, and knowledge acquisition. Moreover she argues that religion is not always a matter of belief--sometimes it is essentially about belonging. From Belonging to Belief offers an important corrective to studies that focus only on the pious turns among Muslims in Central Asia, and instead shows the complex process of evolving religion in a region that has experienced both Soviet atheism and post-Soviet secularism, each of which has profoundly formed the way Muslims interpret and live Islam. ER -