The Shiites : ritual and popular piety in a Muslim community / David Pinault.
| Author/creator | Pinault, David |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992. |
| Description | xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | pt. I. An Introduction to the Shiite Tradition in Islam. 1. Shiism: An Overview. 2. Essentials of Islam Common to the Shiite and Sunni Traditions. 3. Shiite Tawil: The Esoteric Dimension of Quranic Scripture. 4. Variations on the Esoteric Tradition in Poetry and Theosophy: Examples from Attar, Hafez, and Suhrawardi of Aleppo. 5. The Patterns that Inform History: Shiite Worldviews and the Understanding of Past and Future. 6. Shiism in India: Historical Background and Cultural Influences. 7. Representations of Muharram in British Fiction and Memoirs from the Raj -- pt. II. Ritual and Popular Devotion in a Shiite Community: Muharram Liturgies of Hyderabad. 8. Shiite Shrines of the Old City. 9. Shiite Men's Guilds of Hyderabad: An Overview. 10. Lamentation Rituals: Shiite Justifications for Matam (Acts of Mourning and Self-mortification). 11. Lamentation Rituals: Liturgical Forms of Matam. 12. The Majlis Liturgy: Sermon Topics and Shiite Self-definition. 13. The Role of Liturgy in Reinforcing Communal Identity. 14. Preparations for the Muharram Season: Rehearsal Sessions and the Training of the Chorus in a Shiite Men's Guild. 15. Liturgy as Drama: The Seventh of Muharram and the Bridegroom of Karbala's Procession. 16. Cooperation and Competition Among the Men's Guilds. 17. Criticisms Directed Against the Men's Guilds. 18. Muharram Liturgies and Hindu-Muslim Relations in Hyderabad -- pt. III. ConclusIon. 19. Hyderabad and the World Community of Shiite Islam. |
| Abstract | Shiite Islam is one of the world's major religions, with millions of adherents throughout the Middle East and South Asia. In the West, however, Shiite Islam has too often been misrepresented as a political movement. David Pinault's The Shiites describes what Shiism means to those who actually practice it and serves as both an excellent introduction to the subject and an original work of scholarship. The author starts by outlining the defining events of early Shiite. |
| Abstract | History--the struggle for the caliphate after the defeat of Muhammad, the battle of Karbala, and the persecution of the Imams--and explores how these events were interpreted by later generations of Muslim religious authorities to form a distinctive Shiite theology. The second half of The Shiites looks at the particular example of the Shiite community in Hyderabad, India. Drawing on personal observations of the most important liturgies and extensive interviews with the. |
| Abstract | Participants, Dr. Pinault shows how the great rituals of Muharram--the public processions and self-mortification in honor of the Imam Husain, slain at the battle of Karbala--help define communal identity and illuminate Shiite cosmology and beliefs about the nature of voluntary suffering. Particular attention is given to the important role of the men's guilds that supervise the rituals. All textual sources have been fully translated from Arabic, Persian, and Urdu into. |
| Abstract | English. The Shiites is a uniquely accessible work of enormous value both to the general reader and to the specialist in Islamic studies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references ([197]-204) and index. |
| LCCN | 92005210 |
| ISBN | 0312079532 |
| ISBN | 9780312079536 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BP192.7.I4 P56 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |