Dynamics of Religious Identity Change in the Context of Georgian Crypto-Orthodoxy-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Dynamics of Religious Identity Change in the Context of Georgian Crypto-Orthodoxy

Published:2023-09-28 Issue:2 Volume:1 Page:113-141
ISSN:2773-2134
Container-title:Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule
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Short-container-title:J. Relig. Minor. Muslim Rule

Author:

Pourtskhvanidze Zakharia¹^ORCID,Beridze Marine²^ORCID,Bakuradze Lia²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Goethe University Frankfurt https://dx.doi.org/9173 Frankfurt-am-Main Germany

2. Javakhishvili State University Tbilisi Georgia

Abstract

Abstract In the process of the invasion wars of Shah Abbas the First (1571–1629), the history of the emergence of two Georgian language islands in Iran (Fereydany Georgian) and Azerbaijan (Ingilo Georgian) begins. The extension of control to the areas considered the cradle of Georgian Christianity, Tao, Klarjeti, Shavsheti, and partially Javakheti, can be interpreted as a reaction of the Ottoman Empire to the Caucasus policy of Shah Abbas. Due to linguistic isolation, the third Georgian language island (Our Georgian) is formed in Turkish territory. The first period of the formation of the socio-cultural landscape of the language islands can be characterized as a parallel process of simultaneous integration and isolation of the Christian minorities in the environment of the Islamic majority. The unconscious use of Christian practices preserved in the cultural memory appears as a component of this process. The distinctive feature of Georgian Crypto-Orthodoxy is the conscious as well as unconscious use or preservation of Christian cultural components. The focus is on preserving the identity of simultaneous transformation and accommodation in relation to the environment of the new Islamic majority.

Publisher

Brill

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