Mullahs on the Mainframe Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras

Name: Mullahs on the Mainframe Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras
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ISBN: 9780226056777

ISBN-10: 0226056775

ISBN-13: 9780226056777

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jonah Blank

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The values of traditionalist Islam are often portrayed as inherently hostile to those of a modern, pluralistic society. This book shatters many of these stereotypes to show how a premodern clerical elite has embraced modernity.

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 3/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Ethnography



Historical Background: The Roots of the Faith



Rituals of a Daudi Bohra Life



Rituals of the Daudi Bohra Year



Bohra Domestic Life: Kinship, Sex, and the Status of Women



Qasr-e Ali: The Royals



Analysis



Maintenance of Spiritual and Political Hegemony



Specifics of Orthopraxy: Dress and Economics



Education



Dissidents and Control



Conclusion


Appendixes



Line of Musta'li Tayyibi Ismaili Imams



Line of Daudi Bohra Da'is



Questionnaire Used for Issuing Certificates of Orthopraxy



Analysis of Gulshan-e Malumat Data



Kinship Ties of the Daudi Bohra Da'is


Bibliographical Discussion


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index