A Ritual Demystified
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4890712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic, Galina Oustinova‐stjepanovic (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-43 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2150-9298 • E-ISSN: 2150-9301 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/arrs.2019.100104 |
| OpenAlex | W2955265624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 40 |
This article describes how an iconic mystical Sufi ritual of body wounding, zarf, was stripped of its mystical credentials and conventional efficacy amid tensions between Rifai reformists and traditionalists in a small Roma neighborhood in Skopje, Macedonia. The death of a sorcerer and a funeral event-series set the scene for acts of 'anti-wonder' and demystification by the Rifai reformists. Despite the history of socialist secularism and inadvertently secularizing Islamic reforms in the region, demystification signaled not the loss of enchantment per se, but a competition for legitimate forms of wonder. In addition to accounting for socio-historical context and relational forms of Islam, the real challenge is how to see a demystified ritual for its explicit intellectual capacity to stimulate speculation about itself
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |