Marie-Paule Hille, Bianca Horlemann, and Paul Nietupski (eds.): Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society. Multidisciplinary ApproachesUte Wallenböck

ASIEN – Nr. 147 (2018) pp. 136–38

Lanham et al.: Lexington Books, 2015. 306 S., hardback 105 USD; ebook 99,50 USD

With this edited volume of “The Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture” series, the editors of “Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society” present a significant contribution to Tibetan Studies, especially for research on the Islam’s intersections with Tibetan society. It is a fascinating book on the Tibetan-Muslim interactions in the eastern part of the Tibetan cultural area of Amdo, which is nowadays divided among the two administrative Chinese provinces of Gansu and Qinghai, an area which itself is already interesting due to its distinctive political and religious heritage. The book presents nine brilliant case-studies on the so far rarely discussed Tibetan-Muslim relation, by highlighting the religious, socio-political, linguistic and historical diversity in Amdo…