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Early Western Encounters with the Kızılbas¸ Early Western Encounters with the Kızılbas¸
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The Missionary Project The Missionary Project
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Searching for Origins Searching for Origins
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Kızılbas¸-Christian Affinities and the Issue of Conversion Kızılbas¸-Christian Affinities and the Issue of Conversion
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Impact of the Missionary Work Impact of the Missionary Work
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The Kızılbas¸ as “Mixture” between Christianity and Islam The Kızılbas¸ as “Mixture” between Christianity and Islam
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Kızılbas¸-Armenian Relations in the Western Imaginary Kızılbas¸-Armenian Relations in the Western Imaginary
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(World) Religion Discourse (World) Religion Discourse
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(World) Religionizing the Kızılbas¸-Alevis (World) Religionizing the Kızılbas¸-Alevis
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Ottoman Reform and the Institutionalization of Religious Difference Ottoman Reform and the Institutionalization of Religious Difference
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The Kızılbas¸ in the Context of Ottoman and International Politics The Kızılbas¸ in the Context of Ottoman and International Politics
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An Alevi Renaissance? An Alevi Renaissance?
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Deteriorating Intercommunal Relations in the Eastern Provinces Deteriorating Intercommunal Relations in the Eastern Provinces
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1 The Western Discovery of the Kızılbas¸-Alevis
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Published:June 2013
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the encounter of the Kızılbaş with Western observers, who lived and travelled in Anatolia since the second half of the 19th century. Speculations about the origins of the Kızılbaş soon led to theories about their close relation to Christianity and pre-Islamic Anatolian civilizations. Such theories were articulated in modernist and revivalist language, focusing on questions of religious and racial/ethnic origins and boundaries. The missionaries of the American Board, carried by a quest to revive the Christian heritage of Anatolia, were especially interested in clear religious classifications. Particular attention is given to the way in which the Kızılbaş were presented in relation to a Western and Christian concept of (world) religion. The chapter situates this Western discovery of the Kızılbaş within post-Tanzimat regional and international political contexts that were marked by heightened competition over sociopolitical and economic capital and contributed to a remarkable increase of intercommunal violence.
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