Robert Langer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3699043 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Langer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Langer |
| SIGNATURE | LANGER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Islamic Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4255-0492 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1947 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism between Innovation and Reconstruction
Shiite “Communities of Practice” in Germany
Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger’s concept of “communities of practice”, it argu…
From X-Rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology
Transfer Processes within Sufi Rituals: An Example from Istanbul1
For years, Oruç Rahmi Güvenç, his German wife Azize and his loosely organised group of musicians, singers, and dancers (TÜMATA) from Turkey and various Western European countries are practicing a (post)modern form of dervish ritual, incorporating musical forms, songs and dance practices from different parts of the Turkic world and several Islamic traditions, but also from Central Europe. Focussing on the ritual dance of the ‘Whirling Dervishes’ (…
Yezidism between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From ‘Heterodox’ Islam and ‘Syncretism’ to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi ‘Orthodoxy’
This paper examines the question of heterodoxy and orthodoxy from the point of view of the Yezidis, attempting to consider their place vis-a-vis Islam and at the same time make a valid general characterisation of their form of social life. It is particularly interested in the transition from the rural background to urban European cities by the Yezidi community, and concludes that there is a strong chance that the need to interact with European so…
Alevitische Rituale
The Dynamics of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy. Dealing with Divergence in Muslim Discourses and Islamic Studies
right belief. Decision-making is quite different from what one finds in Eastern Christendom, from whence the notion is borrowed. The term orthodox seems to be out of place in Islamic studies.2 More over, the versus heresy scheme is denounced as a dichotomy of Eurocentric interpretive categories that fails to grasp the pluralism and complexity characteristic of Muslim religious life. Instead, it is argued, one should let Islamic tradition speak fo…
From Private Shrine to Pilgrim-Center: The Spectrum of Zoroastrian Shrines in Iran
Der Kampf um die Menschenrechtskonventionen der Vereinigten Nationen
Seizure of Territory: The Stimson Doctrine and Related Principles in Legal Theory and Diplomatic Practice
Seizure of Territory: The Stimson Doctrine and Related Principles in Legal Theory and Diplomatic Practice
Journal Article Seizure of Territory: The Stimson Doctrine and Related Principles in Legal Theory and Diplomatic Practice. By Robert Langer. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947. viii + 313 pp. Bibliography and index. $3.50.) Get access Paul H. Clyde Paul H. Clyde Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 34, Issue 3, December 1947, Pages 507–508, https://d…
Yezidism between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From ‘Heterodox’ Islam and ‘Syncretism’ to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi ‘Orthodoxy’
This paper examines the question of heterodoxy and orthodoxy from the point of view of the Yezidis, attempting to consider their place vis-a-vis Islam and at the same time make a valid general characterisation of their form of social life. It is particularly interested in the transition from the rural background to urban European cities by the Yezidi community, and concludes that there is a strong chance that the need to interact with European so…
Shiite “Communities of Practice” in Germany
Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger’s concept of “communities of practice”, it argu…
The Dynamics of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy. Dealing with Divergence in Muslim Discourses and Islamic Studies
right belief. Decision-making is quite different from what one finds in Eastern Christendom, from whence the notion is borrowed. The term orthodox seems to be out of place in Islamic studies.2 More over, the versus heresy scheme is denounced as a dichotomy of Eurocentric interpretive categories that fails to grasp the pluralism and complexity characteristic of Muslim religious life. Instead, it is argued, one should let Islamic tradition speak fo…
Transfer Processes within Sufi Rituals: An Example from Istanbul1
For years, Oruç Rahmi Güvenç, his German wife Azize and his loosely organised group of musicians, singers, and dancers (TÜMATA) from Turkey and various Western European countries are practicing a (post)modern form of dervish ritual, incorporating musical forms, songs and dance practices from different parts of the Turkic world and several Islamic traditions, but also from Central Europe. Focussing on the ritual dance of the ‘Whirling Dervishes’ (…
Seizure of Territory: The Stimson Doctrine and Related Principles in Legal Theory and Diplomatic Practice
Journal Article Seizure of Territory: The Stimson Doctrine and Related Principles in Legal Theory and Diplomatic Practice. By Robert Langer. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947. viii + 313 pp. Bibliography and index. $3.50.) Get access Paul H. Clyde Paul H. Clyde Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 34, Issue 3, December 1947, Pages 507–508, https://d…
Seizure of Territory: The Stimson Doctrine and Related Principles in Legal Theory and Diplomatic Practice
Der Kampf um die Menschenrechtskonventionen der Vereinigten Nationen
From Private Shrine to Pilgrim-Center: The Spectrum of Zoroastrian Shrines in Iran
Alevitische Rituale
The Dynamics of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy. Dealing with Divergence in Muslim Discourses and Islamic Studies
right belief. Decision-making is quite different from what one finds in Eastern Christendom, from whence the notion is borrowed. The term orthodox seems to be out of place in Islamic studies.2 More over, the versus heresy scheme is denounced as a dichotomy of Eurocentric interpretive categories that fails to grasp the pluralism and complexity characteristic of Muslim religious life. Instead, it is argued, one should let Islamic tradition speak fo…
Yezidism between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From ‘Heterodox’ Islam and ‘Syncretism’ to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi ‘Orthodoxy’
This paper examines the question of heterodoxy and orthodoxy from the point of view of the Yezidis, attempting to consider their place vis-a-vis Islam and at the same time make a valid general characterisation of their form of social life. It is particularly interested in the transition from the rural background to urban European cities by the Yezidi community, and concludes that there is a strong chance that the need to interact with European so…
Transfer Processes within Sufi Rituals: An Example from Istanbul1
For years, Oruç Rahmi Güvenç, his German wife Azize and his loosely organised group of musicians, singers, and dancers (TÜMATA) from Turkey and various Western European countries are practicing a (post)modern form of dervish ritual, incorporating musical forms, songs and dance practices from different parts of the Turkic world and several Islamic traditions, but also from Central Europe. Focussing on the ritual dance of the ‘Whirling Dervishes’ (…
From X-Rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology
Shiite “Communities of Practice” in Germany
Although few in number, the various Shiite Muslim communities in Germany are highly diversified in terms of their linguistic, national and ethnic backgrounds and ritual practice. In order to come to terms with these multi-local actors and their specific articulations of Shiism, the article aimes at an analytical framework that integrates an open understanding of belonging: employing Leave and Wenger’s concept of “communities of practice”, it argu…
Transmission Processes of Religious Knowledge and Ritual Practice in Alevism between Innovation and Reconstruction
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