Politics of worship in the contemporary Middle East [electronic resource] : sainthood in fragile states / edited by Andreas Bandak and Mikkel Bille.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bandak, Andreas.

Series:

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; vol. 3.

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; vol. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identification (Religion).

Identity (Psychology)--Religious aspects.

Identity (Psychology).

Saints--Middle East.

Saints.

Middle East--Religious life and customs.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Sainthood in Fragile States , a wide range of social scientists explore the contested role of sainthood in the contemporary Middle East. By expanding the notion of sainthood to cover both the religious and secular ways of dealing with extraordinary events, people and things, the volume offers new insights into the way sainthood is embedded in various levels of everyday life, as well as national and international politics. The case studies highlight how fragility as a central aspect of sainthood is a productive force that often consolidates tales of the extraordinary, and is also the source of contesting social identities. Contributors include: Andreas Bandak, Mikkel Bille, Jürgen Frembgen, Sune Haugbolle, Angie Heo, Daniella Kuzmanovic, Edith Szanto, and Pnina Werbner.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Sainthood in Fragile States / Andreas Bandak and Mikkel Bille

Contesting Fragile Saintly Traditions: Miraculous Healing among Twelver Shiʿis in Contemporary Syria / Edith Szanto

Saints, Media and Minority Cultures: On Coptic Cults of Egyptian Revolution from Alexandria to Maspero / Angie Heo

Enigmas of a Pakistani Warrior Saint: Interrogating Media Conspiracies in an Age of Terror / Pnina Werbner

The Samer, the Saint and the Shaman: Ordering Bedouin Heritage in Jordan / Mikkel Bille

Our Lady of Soufanieh: On Knowledge, Ignorance and Indifference among the Christians of Damascus / Andreas Bandak

Ecstatic Sainthood and Austere Sunni Islam: A majzūb in Northern Pakistan / Jürgen Wasim Frembgen

Imbued with Agency: Contesting Notions of the Extraordinariness of Türkan Saylan / Daniella Kuzmanovic

The Secular Saint: Iconography and Ideology in the Cult of Bashir Jumayil / Sune Haugbolle

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-24922-2

OCLC:

844801479

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004249226 DOI