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Landscapes of Resistance
On August 3, 2014, the Sinjar region of Northern Iraq was attacked by the “Islamic State”. Killing and abducting thousands, the jihadists also destroyed many of the religious minority’s shrines. Others, however, were defended by local fighters and groups affiliated with the PKK. In the aftermath of the genocide, stories of divine intervention into the defence bolstered land claims of serveral Kurdish political groups. Through extensive fieldwork in the region, I trace imaginaries of Sinjar as a landscape of resistance and a communal history of continuous persecution to current political disputes and attempts to construct a unified Yezidi identity.
Politics of Religion
The relationship between religion and politics has been explored systematically since the very inception of modern social sciences. This volume tackles this classical topic anew. Its chapters offer fresh ethnographic empirical evidence, up-to-date analyses, as well as an original theoretical discussion on the entanglements between these two spheres. In particular, focus is drawn on three dimensions that characterise the politics of religion in the very different societal contexts explored in this book: those pertaining to religious authority, creativity, and conflicts, all within the globalised, interconnected world of the 21st century.
Kurdish Alevis and the Case of Dersim
In contemporary Turkey, discussions on the concept of ethnicity and religiosity continue to maintain their utmost importance in politics and daily social life. In this context, Alevi and Kurdish identities have come to the fore with mass representation marked by protests and violence. In spite of the importance of Kurds and Alevis for the history of Turkey, one specific group, namely the Kurdish Alevis, has escaped the attention of the international world. Although wide interest upon the topic in the international academic sphere, there are very limited academic works about Kurdish Alevis in general. Who are the Kurdish Alevis? What are the particular conditions for its association with the Kurdish identity, Alevi religion, and the history of Turkey? What has been the role of Dersim within Kurdish Alevism? The main purpose of this edited volume, the first of its kind, is to contribute to the understanding of these and other questions. Based on six perspectives from scholars from various disciplinary, this approach will present new insights on contemporary research and discussions on the issue.
Heilige Schriften in der Kritik
Wie steht es um die historische Bibelkritik innerhalb der Theologie und den Kirchen? Lässt sich empirisch erfassen und beschreiben, inwiefern sich historisch-kritische Zugänge zur Bibel in den religiösen und theologischen Vollzügen des Christentums niedergeschlagen haben? Welche religiösen Kulturen und Verhaltensweisen ergeben sich aus kritischen oder nichtkritischen Wahrnehmungen heiliger Schriften? Welche Chancen bieten sich einer historisch besser informierten religiösen und kirchlichen Praxis? Eröffnen sich Möglichkeiten einer integralen Berücksichtigung eines aufgeklärten Umgangs mit heiligen Schriften im Christentum, aber auch im Judentum und im Islam? Diesen und weiteren Fra...
Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty
Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts virtually certain to arise in many spheres of law as a result of the legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
Landscapes of Resistance
In 2014, Yezidis were targeted by the "Islamic State". The Sinjar region has remained a contested landscape ever since: narratives around local shrines, put forward by different political groups, speak about resistance and divine intervention that ensured the Yezidis' survival.
Säfte und Kräfte
Milch geben, Blut spenden, Blut saugen: Immer wieder kommen verschiedenste Körperflüssigkeiten in Mythen und anderen religiösen Erzählungen zum Vorschein. Metaphorisch können sie für allerlei Themen stehen, etwa für Subjektivität, für Fremdheit und Bewegtheit der Gefühle oder für das Auflösen starrer Ordnungen. Besonderes Augenmerk verdienen dabei die Mythen: Wenn die Erde in Gestalt einer Kuh alle Wesen durch ihre Milch ernährt, wenn der Sohn Gottes sein Blut in Form des Weines einer weltweiten Glaubensgemeinschaft spendet, aber auch wenn altgriechische Rächerinnen einem Helden das Blut aus dem Körper saugen, erhält die Welt in ihrer Unbegreiflichkeit neue Deutungen. Natur, Gesellschaft und Innenleben werden so sichtbar und greifbar. Immaterielles und Religiöses drückt sich in den wandelbaren Metaphern nicht nur aus, sondern transformiert und erschafft sich dabei selbst auch neu.
