THE TENSION BETWEEN SECULARISM AND ISLAM IN TURKEY: THE ATTITUDES OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS IN HOUSTON - Brossura

BALKAN, BETÜL

 
9783844331615: THE TENSION BETWEEN SECULARISM AND ISLAM IN TURKEY: THE ATTITUDES OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS IN HOUSTON
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ISBN 10: 3844331611 ISBN 13: 9783844331615
Casa editrice: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Sinossi

In this qualitative study, Betul Balkan examines the role of the practice of religion on the opinions of Muslim Turkish immigrants living in the Houston metropolitan area about the tension between secularism and Islam in Turkey. Drawing on in-depth interviews and participant observation at various community events, Balkan finds out how the experiences of Muslim Turkish immigrants play out in disproving the universalistic assumptions of secularization thesis.

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L'autore

Betul Balkan is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Sociology & Anthropology at Northeastern University. Balkan?s research interests include state-society relations, nationalism, secularism, and Islam. Her research in this monograph includes the opinions of diaspora Turks in Houston, Texas on the tension between Islam and secularism in Turkey.

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Editore
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Data di pubblicazione
2011
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
3844331611
ISBN 13 
9783844331615
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
88
Contatto del produttore
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