The Alevis in Turkey : the emergence of a secular Islamic tradition /

"The Alevis, a heterodox Islamic group in modern Turkey, have no church, no established doctrine and no shared liturgy. Instead, their religion has developed in rural Anatolia through hereditary holy figures who transmitted esoteric religious thought through music, poetry and collective rituals...

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Main Author: Shankland, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
London ; New York : 2003
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