Kefeli, Agnès Nilüfer,

Becoming Muslim in Imperial Russia Conversion, Apostasy, and Literacy / Agnes Nilüfer Kefeli. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Apostasy, conversion, and literacy at work -- Popular knowledge of Islam on the Volga frontier -- Tailors, Sufis, and Abïstays: agents of change -- Christian martyrdom in Bolghar land -- Desacralization of Islamic knowledge and national martyrdom.

Open Access

9780801454776




Apostasy--Christianity.
Apostasy--Islam.
Islam--History.--Russia


Electronic books.

DK34.M8 / K44 2014

947.00882/97