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Author Deringil, Selim, 1951-

Title Conversion and apostasy in the late Ottoman Empire / Selim Deringil, Bogazici University.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Conversion and Apostasy in the Late Ottoman Empire; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: "Avoiding the Imperial Headache": Conversion, Apostasy, and the Tanzimat State; THE "TANZIMAT STATE" AND "TANZIMAT MAN"; THE GÜLHANE EDICT AND THE PROMISES OF THE TANZIMAT; CONVERSION AND APOSTASY AS THE "IMPERIAL HEADACHE"; CONVERSION PROCEDURE; CONVERSION CASES; CONVERSION OF WOMEN AS A TEST OF THE TANZIMAT STATE; APOSTASY (IRTIDAD); CONCLUSION; 2: Conversion as Diplomatic Crisis; CONVERSION AND APOSTASY AS A DIPLOMATIC ISSUE; THE OPENING SHOTS: THE APOSTASY CRISIS OF 1843.
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Subject Religion and state -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century.
Religion and state.
Turkey.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Islam and state -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century.
Islam and state.
Turkey -- History -- 19th century.
Turkey -- Religion -- 19th century.
Religion.
Conversion -- Islam -- History -- 19th century.
Conversion -- Islam.
Apostasy -- Islam -- History -- 19th century.
Apostasy -- Islam.
Islam -- Turkey -- History -- 19th century.
Islam.
Church history -- 19th century.
Church history.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Deringil, Selim, 1951- Conversion and apostasy in the late Ottoman Empire. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107004559 (DLC) 2011052381 (OCoLC)769430061
ISBN 9781139518482 (electronic book)
1139518488 (electronic book)
9780511791444 (electronic book)
0511791445 (electronic book)
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9781280773945
9781107004559
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