{"id":1838,"date":"2025-12-15T06:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.ulbsibiu.ro\/studiasecuritatis\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2025-12-15T06:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:55:28","slug":"islamic-culture-and-pre-islamic-beliefs-in-central-asia-edited-by-mihai-dragnea-dorina-dragnea-and-antonio-alonso-marcos-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.ulbsibiu.ro\/studiasecuritatis\/islamic-culture-and-pre-islamic-beliefs-in-central-asia-edited-by-mihai-dragnea-dorina-dragnea-and-antonio-alonso-marcos-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"ISLAMIC CULTURE AND PRE-ISLAMIC BELIEFS IN CENTRAL ASIA EDITED BY MIHAI DRAGNEA, DORINA DRAGNEA, AND ANTONIO ALONSO MARCOS BOOK-REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicoleta Annemarie MUNTEANU<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/strong><\/td>\nIslamic Culture and Pre-Islamic Beliefs in Central Asia (Lexington Books, 2024) offers a multidisciplinary examination of the religious, political, and cultural landscapes of Central Asia from antiquity to the post-Soviet era. Structured in five thematic sections, the volume interrogates the interplay between longstanding spiritual traditions and the profound transformations imposed by modern statehood and ideological regimes.
\nThis volume represents a significant scholarly contribution to the study of Central Asian religious and cultural history. Distinguished by high editorial standards and exceptional graphic presentation across its 298 pages, the work brings together a coherent and intellectually rigorous set of studies. The editors, Mihai Dragnea, Dorina Dragnea, and Antonio Alonso Marcos have successfully curated a multidisciplinary collection that deepens understanding of Islamic traditions and pre-Islamic belief systems in the region.
\nThe book\u2019s clarity, methodological diversity, and engagement with understudied topics make it a valuable resource for specialists and an important addition to the existing body of academic literature.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keywords:<\/strong><\/td>\nIslamic culture, Central Asia, Balkans, religious studies, anthropology, archaeology, political history<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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