Shi'i Islam and identity : religion, politics and change in the global Muslim community / Lloyd Ridgeon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridgeon, Lloyd V. J.

Series:

Library of modern religion ; 25.

Library of modern religion ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects--Shīʻah.

Identity (Psychology).

Religious life--Islam.

Religious life.

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects.

Shīʻah.

Physical Description:

ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"This book shows evidence of the complexity of Shi'i identities, shedding light on the process of their building in different parts of the world, and on the way doctrines, institutions and rituals are adapted to time and space, between local and transnational networks. It is an excellent defence against essentialisation, which so often occurs in the study of Shi'ism.' Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Emotion and Self-Control: A Framework for Analysis of Shi'ite Mourning Rituals in Iran / David Thurfjell Thurfjell, David 9

2 The Construction of Nationalistic and Shi'ite Identities in Iranian Schoolbooks / Zahar Barth-Manzoori Barth-Manzoori, Zahar 24

3 Iranian Identity in the West: A Discursive Approach / Seyed Sadegh Haghighat Haghighat, Seyed Sadegh 40

4 'European Islam' in the Iranian Ettehadiyeh / Matthijs van den Bos Bos, Matthijs van den 64

5 The al-Khoei Foundation and the Transnational Institutionalisation of Ayatollah al-Khu'i's marja'iyya / Elvire Corboz Corboz, Elvire 93

6 The Sadrists Between Mahdism, Neo-Akhbarism and Usuli Orthodoxy: Examples from Southern Iraq / Reidar Visser Visser, Reidar 113

7 Islamism among the Shi'ites of Afghanistan: From Social Revolution to Identity-Building / Alessandro Monsutti Monsutti, Alessandro 125

8 The Africanisation of 'Ashura in Senegal / Mara Leichtman Leichtman, Mara 144

9 Contested Post-Ottoman Alevi and Bektashi Identities in the Balkans and their Shi'ite Component / Yuri Stoyanov Stoyanov, Yuri 170

10 Are the Alevis Shi'ite? / David Shankland Shankland, David 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848856493

1848856490

OCLC:

769547027