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Without forgetting the Imam : Lebanese Shi'ism in an American community / Linda S. Walbridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walbridge, Linda S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shiah--United States--Michigan.
- Shiah.
- Lebanese--Michigan--Dearborn.
- Lebanese.
- Dearborn (Mich.)--Religious life and customs.
- Dearborn (Mich.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Without Forgetting the Imam is an ethnographic study of the religious life of the Lebanese Shi'ites of Dearborn, Michigan, the largest Muslim community outside of the Middle East. Based on four years of fieldwork, this book explores how the Lebanese who have emigrated, most in the past three decades, to the United States, have adapted to their new surroundings. Anthropologist Linda Walbridge delves into the ways in which politics and religion have converged as the Lebanese Shi'i community has remade its identity and accommodated itself to a new environment. She captures a broad picture of religious life within the realm of community living and within the mosques which have proliferated in Dearborn. Walbridge explains how Shi'ites, affected in one way or another by Islamic revivalism, have brought different notions of how their religion should be expressed and carried out in America.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half_title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction:On Entering Pearborn
- East Dearborn (a.k.a. Little Beirut)
- Dearborn's Arabic History
- The Development of East Dearborn
- Establishing Roots: Educating the Children
- Relations with the Non-Arab Community
- Only the Latest Newcomers
- CHAPTER 1 The Shadow of the Past
- The Hijra of Imam Mohammad Jawad Chirri
- The Imamate
- The Growth of Shiism
- The Shfa of Lebanon
- CHAPTER 2 The Life of the Mosques
- The History
- Sheikh Chirri and the Development of the Islamic Center of America
- The Jamic over the Years
- The Islamic Institute (the Majma)
- The Islamic Council of America (the Majlis)
- Differences in Style among the Mosques
- Effects of Village Ties
- Elections versus Appointments on the Boards of the Mosques
- The Role of the Marji Taqlid in a New Shfi i Community
- The Institution of the Marji iyat
- Teachings of the Marji
- Marji as a New Idea among the Lebanese
- Those Who Follow a Marji
- Husayn
- Fatme
- Ghalia
- The Meaning of the Marji in This Community
- Which Marji to Follow
- Turning to the Marji in Everyday Life
- The Role of the Marji in Extraordinary Cases
- The Mosques and the Marji
- The Theme of the Imam Husayn
- The Death of Khomeini
- The Role of the Imam Husayn
- Commemorating Ashura
- Feelings about Ashura
- The Day, the Week, and the Year in the Mosques
- Defining a Mosque
- The Jami on Sunday Morning
- Friday Prayers at the Majma
- Donation Dinners at the Majma
- Children at the Mosques
- Salat for the Id
- Engagements and Weddings
- Sermons and Speakers
- Those Delivering the Sermons
- Styles of Presentation
- The Speeches
- Differences among Arabic Speakers
- The Audience's Reaction
- Sheikh Chirri's Sermons in English
- A Layman's Approach.
- CHAPTER 3 Islam in the Town
- The Sharica in Dearborn
- Life Outside the Mosque
- Being Shica in America
- Religion and Education
- To Be Religious
- Following the Laws: Prayer
- Fasting
- The Hajj
- Halal or Haram Meat?
- Purity
- Gold and Religious Conviction
- Makeup
- Shaking Hands with the Opposite Sex
- Living with the Supernatural
- The Existence of the Afterlife
- Suffering in This Life
- Those Who Don't Believe
- The Imam Mahdi
- Jinn
- The Evil Eye
- Women and the Family
- Husbands, Wives, and Shic ism
- Scarves, Veils, and Other Bones of Contention
- Modesty in America
- Men's Views on the Scarf
- Men's World / Women's House
- Muta
- Sheikh Berri's Text on Mut a
- Community Attitudes toward Muta
- Mosques and Women
- CHAPTER 4 Gathering Strength: The Emergence of American Shi'ism
- The American Experience
- Placing Shi ism in American Society
- A Possible Picture of the Future
- Animosity toward Muslims in America
- Afterword
- Notes
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814338346
- 0814338348
- OCLC:
- 835519975
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