Spiritual Surrender:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Spiritual Surrender: "
Albert Doja

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1078930
Doc. No	:	LA122559
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852706778941996‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Albert Doja
Title & Author	:	Spiritual Surrender: [Article] : From Companionship to Hierarchy in the History of Bektashism\ Albert Doja
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2006
Volume/ Issue Number	:	53/4
Page No	:	448–510
Abstract	:	The system of beliefs and practices related to Bektashism seems to have corresponded to a kind of liberation theology, whereas the structure of Bektashi groups corresponded more or less to the type of religious organization conventionally known as charismatic groups. It becomes understandable therefore that their spiritual tendency could at times connect with and meet social, cultural and national perspectives. In turn, when members of the previously persecuted religious minority will acquire a degree of religious and political respectability within society at large, the doctrines of heterodoxy and liberation theology fade into the background. In the end, the heirs of the heterodox promoters of spiritual reform and social movement turn into followers and faithful defenders of a legitimate authority. They become the spokespeople for an institutionalized orthodoxy whose support is sought by the political regime. The system of beliefs and practices related to Bektashism seems to have corresponded to a kind of liberation theology, whereas the structure of Bektashi groups corresponded more or less to the type of religious organization conventionally known as charismatic groups. It becomes understandable therefore that their spiritual tendency could at times connect with and meet social, cultural and national perspectives. In turn, when members of the previously persecuted religious minority will acquire a degree of religious and political respectability within society at large, the doctrines of heterodoxy and liberation theology fade into the background. In the end, the heirs of the heterodox promoters of spiritual reform and social movement turn into followers and faithful defenders of a legitimate authority. They become the spokespeople for an institutionalized orthodoxy whose support is sought by the political regime.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852706778941996‬