Text, context, and performance [electronic resource] : Gagauz folk religion in discourse and practice / by James Alexander Kapaló
- Author:
- Kapaló, James Alexander
- Published:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
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- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Folk Religion in Discourse and Practice -- The Discourse on Folk Religion in the Context of Eastern and Central Europe -- The Language and Practice of Folk Religion -- On Method and Methodology -- Human and Superhuman Agency in Language -- Text, Context, Performance -- ch. Two Historical Narrative and the Discourse on Origins -- Migration and Dislocation -- The Discourse on Origins, Ethnogenesis and Race -- Historical Narratives and Discourses in the Construction of Gagauz National Consciousness -- Nationhood and Religion in the Post-Cakir Years -- The Contested Nature of Gagauz Identity in the Post-Soviet Era -- Conclusion -- ch. Three Liturgy, Language and the Vernacularisation of Orthodoxy -- The Liturgy: Observing the Orthodox Faith -- The Three Languages of Gagauz Orthodoxy -- Gagauz Language, Liturgy and Scripture in the Post-Soviet Era -- Conclusion -- ch. Four Language, Lay Agency and the `Surrogate' Text -- Bu epistolii yazdi kendi Allah -- `This letter was written by God himself' -- Russian, Moldovan and Gagauz Apocalypticism -- Epistoliyas and Apocalyptic Texts in the Gagauz Language -- Translations, Translators and Tetratkas -- Epistoliyas in Folk Religious Practice -- Conclusion -- ch. Five Healing and Divine Authority -- Dustan Allahin lafi sana geldi! -- `The words of God have come to you in a dream' -- The Traditional Healing System -- The Ilaccilar -- Conclusion -- ch. Six Healing, Text and Performance -- Allahin lafgaazinnan okuyeerim -- `I heal with the little words of God' -- The `Texts' of Gagauz Healing Practices -- The Simple Charm -- `Epic' or Narrative Charms -- Ratification Formulas -- Ritual Actions, Implements and Substances -- Reality, Metaphor, Belief -- The Orthodox Church on Healing and Magic -- Gagauz Healing Texts from the Tetratkas -- Agency and the Relational Character of Religious Authority -- Conclusion -- ch. Seven Prayer as Social and Cosmological Performance -- Durmakstz dua ediniz. Herseyda sukur ediniz -- `Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances... -- Prayer, Tradition and Agency -- Canonical Prayer in Performance -- Toast-Prayer and the Social Performance of Cosmological -- Reality -- Prayer, Divine Agents and the `Magico-Religious' -- Conclusion -- ch. Eight Archaic Folk Prayer amongst the Gagauz -- Kim solecek bu molitvayi onu iisozleyecek, dedi Allah -- `And God said that he will bless whosoever says this prayer' -- The Contours of the Genre of `Archaic Prayer' -- Textual Motifs and Formulae -- The Closing Formula -- Prayer in Context and Performance -- Transmission and Reception of `Texts' -- Prayer as Performance -- Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix One Gagauz Epistoliyas -- Appendix Two Gagauz Okumak and Exorcism Texts -- Appendix Three Archaic Prayers in the Gagauz Idiom.
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- 9004197990 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004197992 (hardback : alk. paper)
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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