Islam in Practice Religious Beliefs in a Persian Village

Name: Islam in Practice Religious Beliefs in a Persian Village
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ISBN: 9780887066795

ISBN-10: 0887066798

ISBN-13: 9780887066795

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Authors: Reinhold Loeffler

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Documents the individual views of a score of men in a Shiite Iranian village. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $36.95
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 7/8/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Setting


The World Views



The Mullah: Uncommitted Formalism



The Former Landlord: Religion of Power



The Old Trader: Virtuoso Devotionalism



The Young Trader: Literal Zealotry



The Old Teacher: Idealistic Humanism



The Young Teacher: Rationalism and Orthodoxy



The Craftsman: Modernist Purism



The Representative of the People: Islamic Activism



The Prayer-Writer: The Problem of Efficacy



The Mystic: The Secrets of Control



The Old Hunter: Familiar of the Jinn



The Deep Believer: Belief as Knowledge



The Fundamentalist: Purist Orthodoxy



The Doubtful: Reason versus Tradition



The Calm: Grassroot Morality and Cosmic Harmony



The Pragmatist: Immanent Ritualism



The Mashhadi: Ritualism without Certainty



The Lower Peasant I: Low-Key Religiosity



The Lower Peasant II: Trustful Surrender to God



The Wealthy: Legitimization of Good Fortune



The Poor: Suppressed Revolt


The Effect of the Revolution


Theoretical Commentary


Toward an Epistemological Theory of Religion


A Synopsis of the Cases


Notes


Glossary


References


Index