Shi'a Islam
Author | : Heinz Halm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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Attempts to explain the bewildering events in the Middle East.
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Author | : Heinz Halm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Attempts to explain the bewildering events in the Middle East.
Author | : Jon Armajani |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2020-05-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1793621365 |
This book argues that ever since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, which established a Shia Islamic government in Iran, that country’s religious and political leaders have used Shia Islam as a crucial way of expanding Iran’s objectives in the Middle East and beyond. Since 1979, Iran’s religious and political leaders have been concerned about Iran’s security in the face of the hostility and expansionism of the United States and other western countries, and the threats from powerful neighboring Sunni leaders and countries. While Iran’s government has attempted to align itself with Shia Muslims in various countries, such as Iraq and Lebanon, against American and Sunni expansionism, the Iranian government has attempted to religiously nourish and politically mobilize those Shias as a matter of principle, not only because of the Iranian government’s desires to protect Iran from external threats. The book analyzes Shia Islam and politics in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon which have among the largest proportional Shia populations in the Middle East and are vibrant centers of Shia intellectual life. The book's clear and jargon-free approach make it especially accessible for students and general readers who would like an introduction to the book's topics.
Author | : Alessandro Monsutti |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9783039112890 |
Shia Islam is a central issue in contemporary politics. Often associated with Iran, Shiite communities actually exist in many Islamic countries. Focusing on the «other Shiites» outside Iran, this book offers a survey of their diversity and multiplicity in the last two centuries. The contributions cover three major topics. The first part deals with the relationship of Shia minorities to the Sunni regimes. Secondly the public affirmation of their identities through specific rituals and social attitudes is analysed. Finally, the third part of this volume examines the strengthening of these identities through traditional religious rituals and cultural performances, or through the re-interpretation and adaptation of these to present-day life. Coming from various academic backgrounds, the authors have used different methodologies and have been engaged in field-work.
Author | : Maria Massi Dakake |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0791480348 |
The Charismatic Community examines the rise and development of Shiite religious identity in early Islamic history, analyzing the complex historical and intellectual processes that shaped the sense of individual and communal religious vocation. The book reveals the profound and continually evolving connection between the spiritual ideals of the Shiite movement and the practical processes of community formation. Author Maria Massi Dakake traces the Quranic origins and early religious connotations of the concept of walayah and the role it played in shaping the sense of communal solidarity among followers of the first Shiite Imam, Ali b. Abi Talib. Dakake argues that walayah pertains not only to the charisma of the Shiite leadership and devotion to them, but also to solidarity and loyalty among the members of the community itself. She also looks at the ways in which doctrinal developments reflected and served the practical needs of the Shiite community, the establishment of identifiable boundaries and minimum requirements of communal membership, the meaning of women's affiliation and identification with the Shiite movement, and Shiite efforts to engender a more normative and less confrontational attitude toward the non-Shiite Muslim community.
Author | : Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʼī |
Publisher | : The Other Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Shiites |
ISBN | : 9675062436 |
Author | : Najam Haider |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2014-08-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107031435 |
This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.
Author | : Justin Jones |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2015-05-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110710890X |
This book explores various Shi'i communities in the subcontinent as well as South Asian Shi'i diasporas in East Africa.
Author | : Justin Jones |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2011-10-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1139501232 |
Interest in Shi'a Islam has increased greatly in recent years, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. Focusing on the influential Shi'a minority of Lucknow and the United Provinces, a region that was largely under Shi'a rule until 1856, this book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward independence in 1947. Drawing on a range of new sources, including religious writing, polemical literature and clerical biography, it assesses seminal developments including the growth of Shi'a religious activism, madrasa education, missionary activity, ritual innovation and the politicization of the Shi'a community. As a consequence of these significant religious and social transformations, a Shi'a sectarian identity developed that existed in separation from rather than in interaction with its Sunni counterparts. In this way the painful birth of modern sectarianism was initiated, the consequences of which are very much alive in South Asia today.
Author | : Lesley Hazleton |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2010-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0385523947 |
In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic nation had begun, beginning a succession crisis marked by power grabs, assassination, political intrigue, and passionate faith. Soon Islam was embroiled in civil war, pitting its founder's controversial wife Aisha against his son-in-law Ali, and shattering Muhammad’s ideal of unity. Combining meticulous research with compelling storytelling, After the Prophet explores the volatile intersection of religion and politics, psychology and culture, and history and current events. It is an indispensable guide to the depth and power of the Shia–Sunni split.
Author | : Liyakatali Takim |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2009-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0814782965 |
Provides an overview of America's Shi'i community, tracing its history, describing its composition in the twenty-first century, and explaining how they have created an identity for themselves in the American context.