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Shiites Ritual and Popular Piety in a Muslim Community

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ISBN-10: 0312079532

ISBN-13: 9780312079536

Edition: 1992

Authors: David Pinault, Pinault David

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This book 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.
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Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 8/15/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 214
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Preface
Illustrations
An Introduction to the Shiite Tradition in Islam
Shiism: An Overview
Essentials of Islam Common to the Shiite and Sunni Traditions
Shiite Tawil: The Esoteric Dimension of Quranic Scripture
Variations on the Esoteric Tradition in Poetry and Theosophy: Examples from Attar, Hafez, and Suhrawardi of Aleppo
The Patterns that Inform History: Shiite Worldviews and the Understanding of Past and Future
Shiism in India: Historical Background and Cultural Influences
Representations of Muharram in British Fiction and Memoirs from the Raj
Ritual and Popular Devotion in a Shiite Community: Muharram Liturgies of Hyderabad
Shiite Shrines of the Old City
Shiite Men's Guilds of Hyderabad: An Overview
Lamentation Rituals: Shiite Justifications for Matam (Acts of Mourning and Self-mortification)
Lamentation Rituals: Liturgical Forms of Matam
The Majlis Liturgy: Sermon Topics and Shiite Self-definition
The Role of Liturgy in Reinforcing Communal Identity
Preparations for the Muharram Season: Rehearsal Sessions and the Training of the Chorus in a Shiite Men's Guild
Liturgy as Drama: The Seventh of Muharram and the Bridegroom of Karbala's Procession
Cooperation and Competition Among the Men's Guilds
Criticisms Directed Against the Men's Guilds
Muharram Liturgies and Hindu-Muslim Relations in Hyderabad
ConclusIon
Hyderabad and the World Community of Shiite Islam
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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