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Conversion and apostasy in the late Ottoman Empire
- Title
- Conversion and apostasy in the late Ottoman Empire / Selim Deringil.
- Author
- Deringil, Selim, 1951-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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- Description
- xi, 281 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire traditional religious structures crumbled as the empire itself began to fall apart. The state's answer to schism was regulation and control, administered in the form of a number of edicts in the early part of the century. It is against this background that different religious communities and individuals negotiated survival by converting to Islam when their political interests or their lives were at stake. As the century progressed, however, conversion was no longer sufficient to guarantee citizenship and property rights as the state became increasingly paranoid about its apostates and what it perceived as their 'denationalization'. The book tells the story of the struggle between the Ottoman State, the Great Powers and a multitude of evangelical organizations, shedding light on current flash-points in the Arab world and the Balkans, offering alternative perspectives on national and religious identity and the interconnection between the two"--
- Subject
- Religion and state > Turkey > History > 19th century
- Islam and state > Turkey > History > 19th century
- Conversion > Islam > History > 19th century
- Apostasy > Islam > History > 19th century
- Islam > Turkey > History > 19th century
- Church history > 19th century
- HISTORY / Middle East / General
- Turkey > History > 19th century
- Turkey > Religion > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. 'Avoiding the imperial headache': conversion, apostasy and the Tanzimat state; 2. Conversion as diplomatic crisis; 3. 'Crypto-christianity'; 4. Career converts, migrant souls, and Ottoman citizenship; 5. Conversion as survival: mass conversions of Armenians in Anatolia, 1895-1897; Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-6302
- ISBN
- 9781107004559
- 1107004551
- LCCN
- 2011052381
- OCLC
- YBP 2011052381
- Author
- Deringil, Selim, 1951-
- Title
- Conversion and apostasy in the late Ottoman Empire / Selim Deringil.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-6302