Deringil, Selim 1951- creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (pages cm.) "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"-- 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. Selim Deringil, Bogazici University. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-tu--- Religion and state Turkey History 19th century Islam and state Turkey History 19th century Turkey History 19th century Turkey Religion 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 RELIGION / Islam / General DR557 .D47 2012eb 297.5/74095609034 HIS026000 Deringil, Selim, 1951- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011052381 (OCoLC)769430061 9781139518482 (electronic bk.) 1139518488 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=458581 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011052381-t.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011052381-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011052381-b.html http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/04559/cover/9781107004559.jpg http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=458581 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011052381-t.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011052381-d.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011052381-b.html http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/04559/cover/9781107004559.jpg N$T 120626 20200709055535.0 ocn796803936