The social life of Islam : Sufi shrines in urban Pakistan / Amen Jaffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaffer, Amen, author.

Series:

Muslim South Asia Series

Muslim South Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Pakistan--Lahore.

Islam.

Islamic shrines--Pakistan--Lahore.

Islamic shrines.

Sufis--Pakistan--Lahore--Social life and customs.

Sufis.

Muslims--Pakistan--Lahore--Social life and customs.

Muslims.

Lahore (Pakistan)--Religious life and customs.

Lahore (Pakistan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

How do Islamic discourses, practices and symbols become a concrete and meaningful facet of the lives of individuals and communities in the cities of contemporary Pakistan? How do they constitute relationships between neighbors, friends, relatives, strangers, and various urban groups? In other words, how is Islam woven into and how does it shape the social fabric of urban Pakistan? The Social Life of Islam addresses these questions through an ethnography of Sufi shrines in Pakistan's second largest metropolitan center, Lahore. It argues that Sufi shrines' position as a vital hub of metropolitan public life is critical to their capacity to serve as a conduit for Islam. Connecting urban studies with the study of religion, this book explores the minutiae of social interactions in everyday life that constitute Sufi shrines as a key social, political and religious space for the mediation, contestation and reproduction of social relations in the city and for producing a distinct embodiment of Islam.

Contents:

Introduction : shrine as a social form

Life among the dead : the shrine of Bodianwale

Mohalla Pirs and Qalandari entrepreneurs : striving in urban Sufi worlds

Festive publics : Islam and other performances in saintly celebrations

Sufis in the periphery : forging other spiritual worlds in the city

Conclusion : Islam and the city.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009537117

1009537113

9781009537087

1009537083