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TORD OLSSON, ELIZABETH ÖZDALGA, AND CATHARINA RAUDVERE, ED., Alevi Identity: Cultural, Religious and Social Perspectives, Swedish ResearchInstitute in Istanbul Transactions, vol. 8 (Istanbul: Numune Matbaasi, 1998). Pp. 213. $66.95cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2002

ARTHUR BUEHLER
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This edited volume, the outcome of a conference held in 1996 in Istanbul, consists of seventeen articles, sixteen of which concern [ayn]Ali-oriented communities in the Middle East. Ten of the articles are focused on Alevis in Turkey, and the others discuss Ahl-i Haqq studies, the Druze, and the Alawites of Syria. The reader is immediately drawn to the gorgeous, vividly colorful artwork on both covers and the high-quality glossy paper used in this volume, both of which are rare in academic books published in the West. This book will be of interest mainly to Islamicists who are interested in [ayn]Ali-oriented religions, even though Tord Olsson's brief Epilogue is methodologically encompassing for a wider history of religions audience. Libraries should have it in their collections.

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Book Review
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , August 2001 , pp. 454 - 455
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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