Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia Conversion, Apostasy, and Literacy

In the nineteenth century, the Russian Empire's Middle Volga region (today's Tatarstan) was the site of a prolonged struggle between Russian Orthodoxy and Islam, each of which sought to solidify its influence among the frontier's mix of Turkic, Finno-Ugric, and Slavic peoples. The imm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kefeli, Agnès Nilüfer, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2014
Ithaca ; London : 2014.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423735106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Apostasy, conversion, and literacy at work
  • Popular knowledge of Islam on the Volga frontier
  • Tailors, Sufis, and Abïstays: agents of change
  • Christian martyrdom in Bolghar land
  • Desacralization of Islamic knowledge and national martyrdom.