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Formation of a religious landscape : Shi'i higher learning in Safavid Iran / by Maryam Moazzen.
Van Pelt Library BP194.9.E3 M63 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moazzen, Maryam, author.
- Series:
- Islamic history and civilization ; v. 151.
- Islamic history and civilization: studies and texts ; volume 151
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Madrasahs--Iran--History.
- Madrasahs.
- Islamic religious education--Iran--History.
- Islamic religious education.
- Shiites--Education--Iran--History.
- Shiites.
- Islamic education--Iran--History.
- Islamic education.
- History.
- Education.
- Iran.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 290 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Summary:
- In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi'i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijazās and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas' curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi'i higher learning in early modern times.
- Contents:
- The Mosque-Madrasas of Safavid Isfahan
- The Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī : Waqfs, Administrative Structure, and Academic Life
- Reshaping Shi'a Cultural Memory : Commemorative Rituals and Constructing Identity
- The Safavid Curriculum : Conflicting Visions, Contested Triumphs
- Engagement with Religious Knowledge: Dialogical and Hermeneutical Modes of Transmission
- Safavid Pedagogical Approaches : Theories, Application, and Practices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Moazzen, Maryam, author. Formation of a religious landscape
- ISBN:
- 9789004355293
- 9004355294
- OCLC:
- 1013477186
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