Title Fragile conviction : changing ideological landscapes in urban Kyrgyzstan / Mathijs Pelkmans

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Condition of uncertainty : life in an industrial wasteland -- What happened to Soviet atheism? -- Walking the truth in Islam with the Tablighi Jamaat -- Pentecostal miracle truth on the frontier -- The tenacity of spiritual healing and seeing -- Conclusion : pulsation : dynamics of conviction Summary How does ideology function during periods of political and economic turmoil? This book, based on long-term ethnographic research in a destitute former mining town in Kyrgyzstan, testifies to the precariousness of life in the former Soviet republics in the decades after the collapse of the USSR. It follows inhabitants as they make sense of a radically changing world and as they try to imbue their lives with relevance and direction, while concentrating in depth on their engagement with a range of religious ideas and other ideological currents, including scientific atheism, evangelical Christianity, Sunni Islamic revivalism, and traditional shamanistic beliefs. By examining such a broad variety of belief systems and how they manifest themselves in daily life, the author provides new insights into how ideology works (or fails to work) and how cultural and religious convictions are collectively produced and shaped Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-208) and index Notes In English This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Subject Ideology -- Kyrgyzstan Post-communism -- Kyrgyzstan Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. Anthropology. Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography. RELIGION -- Comparative Religion. RELIGION -- Essays. RELIGION -- Reference. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Ideology Intellectual life Politics and government Post-communism Religious life Religionsethnologie Religionsausübung Postkommunismus Religiöser Wandel Konversion Religion Atheismus Islam Pfingstbewegung Volksreligion SUBJECT Kyrgyzstan -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018003088 Kyrgyzstan -- Religious life Kyrgyzstan -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96010474 Subject Kyrgyzstan Kirgisien Bischkek Form Electronic book LC no. 2016038725

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