From Belonging to Belief: Modern Secularisms and the Construction of Religion in KyrgyzstanFrom Belonging to Belief presents a nuanced ethnographic study of Islam and secularism in post Soviet Central Asia, as seen from the small town of Bazaar Korgon in southern Kyrgyzstan. Opening with the juxtaposition of a statue of Lenin and a mosque in the town square, Julie McBrien proceeds to peel away the multiple layers that have shaped the return of public Islam in the region. She explores belief and nonbelief, varying practices of Islam,