| Description |
1 online resource (372 pages) |
| Series |
Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 135 |
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Studies in the history of religions ; 135.
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| Contents |
Note on Transliteration, Names and Toponyms; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Frequently Used Terms and Abbreviations inGagauz and Russian; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Introduction; Chapter One Folk Religion in Discourse and Practice; Chapter Two Historical Narrative and the Discourse on Origins; Chapter Three Liturgy, Language and the Vernacularisation of Orthodoxy; Chapter Four Language, Lay Agency and the 'Surrogate' Text Bu epistolii yazdi kendi Allah -- 'This letter was written by God himself ' |
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Chapter Five Healing and Divine Authority Düstän Allahin lafi sana geldi! -- 'The words of God have come to you in a dream'Chapter Six Healing, Text and Performance Allahin lafçaazinnan okuyêêrim -- 'I heal with the little words of God'; Chapter Seven Prayer as Social and Cosmological Performance Durmaksiz dua ediniz. Herseydä sükür ediniz -- 'Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances . . .'; Chapter Eight Archaic Folk Prayer amongst the GagauzKim sölecek bu molitvayi onu iisözleyecek, dedi Allah -- 'AndGod said that he will bless whosoever says this prayer'; Conclusion; Appendices |
| Summary |
This ethnographic study of Gagauz religion offers an original perspective on 'folk religion' as discourse and object of study. It is also the first monograph published in a Western language on this little-known European people's history and culture |
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BibliographyIndex |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gagauz (Turkic people) -- Moldova -- Religion
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Folk religion -- Moldova
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Gagauz (Turkic people) -- Ukraine -- Odesa -- Religion
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Folk religion -- Ukraine -- Odesa
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Folk religion
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Moldova -- Religious life and customs
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Odesa (Ukraine) -- Religious life and customs
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Moldova
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Ukraine -- Odesa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011025496 |
| ISBN |
9789004216341 |
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9004216340 |
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9789004197992 |
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9004197990 |
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1283280884 |
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9781283280884 |
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9786613280886 |
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6613280887 |
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