The Twelver Shia in Modern Times : Religious Culture & Political History
- Leiden Boston Koln Brill 2001
- xxii, 395 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia 72 .
This volume - grown out of an international conference at Freiburg University in 1999 - deals with various aspects of Shiite Islam since the 18th century. It is divided into two major parts, the first of which is dedicated to traditional institutions of theology and learning and their transformation in modern times. The second part treats internal debates and the activities of Shiite dissidents, showing that Shiism is far from being uniform. Ideological and political developments in the 20th century and especially the Islamic Revolution in Iran have shaped the image of modern Shiism more than any other tendencies and are therefore also discussed in greater detail in Parts three and four. This book reflects the state of the art in this field of Islamic studies, its 21 contributions covering three centuries and a vast geographical range.
A Shiite in Mecca: The Strange Case of Mecca-Born Syrian and Persian Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥaydar (D. 1139/1727) Author: Marco Salati Pages: 3–24
Casting A Way the Self: The Mysticism of Shaykh Aḥmad Al-Aḥsāʾī Author: Juan R. I. Cole Pages: 25–37
An Absence Filled with Presences: Shaykhiyy A Hermeneutics of the Occultation (Aspects of Twelver Shiite Imamology VII) Author: Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi Pages: 38–57
Madrasa and Learning in Nineteenth-Century Najaf and Karbalāʾ Author: Meir Litvak Pages: 58–78
The Clerics of Jabal ʿĀmil and the Reform of Religious Teaching in Najaf Since the Beginning of the 20th Century Author: Sabrina Mervin Pages: 79–86
Aspects of the Social Structure of Shiite Society in Modern Iraq Author: Peter Heine Pages: 87–93
Nineteenth-Century Ottoman and Iranian Encounters: Ahmed Midhat Efendi and Ebrāhīm Jān Moʿaṭṭar (Moḥammad Bāqer Bawānātī) Author: Johann Strauss Pages: 97–113
Why Do They Cry? Criticisms of Muḥarram Celebrations in Tsarist and Socialist Azerbaijan Author: Volker Adam Pages: 114–134
The Controversy about the Shaykhiyya Tendency among Shia ʿUiamāʾ in Pakistan Author: Syed Hussain Arif Naqvi Pages: 135–149
The Politics of Shahīd-E Jāwīd Author: Evan Siegel Pages: 150–177
A Shiite Cleric’s Criticism of Shiism: Mūsā Al-Mūsawī Author: Rainer Brunner Pages: 178–187
Marja‘iyya and Shūrā Author: Roswitha Badry Pages: 188–206
“The Tragedy of Fāṭima Al-Zahrāʾ” in the Debate of Two Shiite Theologians in Lebanon Author: Stephan Rosiny Pages: 207–219
Shaykh Muḥjammad Al-Khāliṣī (1890-1963) and his Political Role in Iraq and Iran in the 1910S/20S Author: Pierre-Jean Luizard Pages: 223–235
The Shiites in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (Al-Aḥisāʾ), 1913-1953 Author: Guido Steinberg Pages: 236–254
Shīʿī-Shuyūʿī or: How to Become a Communist in a Holy City Author: Silvia Naef Pages: 255–267
The Struggle for Equal Rights as a Minority: Shia Communal Organizations in Pakistan, 1948-1968 Author: Andreas Rieck Pages: 268–283
Foreign Missionaries, Homemade Dissidents and Popular Islam: The Search for New Religious Structures in Azerbaijan Author: Raoul Motika Pages: 284–297
Authority in Shiism and Constitutional Developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran Author: Said Amir Arjomand Pages: 301–332
Tehran’s Ecumenical Society (Majmaʿ Al-Taqrīb): A Veritable Ecumenical Revival or a Trojan Horse of Iran? Author: Wilfried Buchta Pages: 333–353
The Fear of the Guardians. 24 Army Officers Write a Letter to President Khātamī Author: Navid Kermani Pages: 354–364