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Sharing Being: Alterity and Sharing as an Existential Question amongst Kyrgyz Christian Converts
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Abstract In this article, my concern is the sharing of being, thus the existential question of what a person shares with others by virtue of her very 'thrownness', the circumstance of finding herself born as human in a particular place, into a particular family, and in a particular moment in history. Questio... view more
In this article, my concern is the sharing of being, thus the existential question of what a person shares with others by virtue of her very 'thrownness', the circumstance of finding herself born as human in a particular place, into a particular family, and in a particular moment in history. Questions about what we share with others by virtue of our very being often confront us with a particular urgency in liminal situations where we are confronted with alterity amidst the familiar, when the world becomes porous and mouldable where we thought it was most solid. I explore how such questions become urgent amongst Kyrgyz people of Muslim background who have become evangelical Christians and who struggle to find a place of belonging that is welcoming to them and the values and virtues they see as central to who they are in a context where conversion to Christianity is seen as deeply controversial. Engaging with insights from the phenomenological tradition in philosophy and anthropology, I explore encounters with alterity as central to the efforts of Kyrgyz Christians to find a place of belonging in the world. I argue that we may experience the sharing of being most intensively when alterity draws us in, emplacing us in shared horizons of possibility whose contours are not yet clear.... view less
Keywords
Kyrgyzstan; conversion; phenomenology; foreignness; Christian; group membership
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
alterity; sharing
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 102-119
Journal
EthnoScripts: Zeitschrift für aktuelle ethnologische Studien, 25 (2023) 1
Issue topic
Ethics of Sharing
ISSN
2199-7942
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed