Author
Spickard,James V, Çelik,Sönmez
Publication Place
Ibn Haldun University -
Ibn Haldun University
Subject
Ibn Khaldun studies journal (Online), 2016-07, Vol.1 (2), p.253-276
Type
kitap
Language
ara,tur
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Leitir Library
Library Asset ID
EISSN: 2651-379X, DOI: 10.36657/ihcd.2016.12
Record ID
cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_aa8a97a1c8e74b96a79d77331c722c06
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
Sociologists generally treat the reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary that occurred in the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Herzegovina (which began in 1981) as religious events. The war that later broke out in this region was, on the other hand, framed as an ethnic conflict and also allegedly divided along religious lines. This discursive distinction arises from the fact that the concepts of 'religion' and 'ethnicity' are essentially treated as different types. This kind of treatment has a conventional sociological nature. From the standard perspective, 'religion' relates to beliefs and organisations, while 'ethnicity' pertains to tribe; Ultimately it is biological and hereditary. Unlike Western sociologists, Ibn Khaldun, as everyone knows, applied the same conceptual resources to religion and ethnicity; He saw both as possible sources of “group feeling.” Both can sustain group identities in times of conflict and change, and do so in the same way. In this article, the "miracles experienced in Medjugorje" are placed in the context of the locally formed 'ethnic' identities of southwestern Bosnia and Ibn Khaldun's approach is evaluated in this regard. This assessment traces the complex ways in which both religion and ethnicity are used to increase divisions between groups. It is concluded that Ibn Khaldun's approach does not adequately capture the dynamics of 'miracles' or instrumentalism that drove the Bosnian conflict.
Detaylı Başlık
Medjugorje’yi anlamak: Meryem Ana’nın görünmesi hadisesine İbn Halduncu bir yaklaşım
