COMPARING SCHOLARSHIP: THE ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORKS THAT LINKS ALEVIS WITH EITHER SHI`ISM OR SUNNISM
KILIS 7 ARALIK ÜNIVERSITESI İLAHIYAT FAKÜLTESI DERGISI, cilt.5, sa.9, ss.315-338, 2018 (TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 9
- Basım Tarihi: 2018
- Dergi Adı: KILIS 7 ARALIK ÜNIVERSITESI İLAHIYAT FAKÜLTESI DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.315-338
- Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
The Alevis, as major minority religious group in Turkey, has attracted the attentionof the scholars, particularly by the second half of the twentieth century. Althoughthe number of academic studies on Alevism have dramatically increased, the question of whether Alevism is a branch of Shi`ism has not been thoroughly explored.The majority of recent works have automatically classified Alevism as Shi`ite dueto the shared religious doctrines by the two groups. They did not, however, interrogate those Shi`ite currents as to how they are applied and perceived in Shi`ismand Alevism. By using a comparative study of religion methodology, this paperwill address to the notions of “heterodoxy”, “orthodoxy”, “metadoxy” in terms ofhow they have become central discourses in the Alevi based literature, and then thelatest critics on these matters will be explored. Given that this article while presenting the diversity of views on Alevism, aims to question Alevism’s so-called links toShi`ism.