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Shi´ism in South East Asia: ´Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions
Chiara Formichi
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Description for Shi´ism in South East Asia: ´Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions
Hardback. Shi'ism in South East Asia is the first book in any language to engage critically with the traditions of 'Alid piety. It provides an engaging work that moves away from the polemical sectarian discourses on shi'ism in southeast Asia. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 620.
This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for 'Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasises how such sentiments and associated practices are seen as part of broad traditions shared by many Muslims, which might or might not have their origins in a specifically Shi'a identity. In doing so, it facilitates the movement of academic discussions out from under the shadow of polemical sectarian discourses on ... Read more
This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for 'Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasises how such sentiments and associated practices are seen as part of broad traditions shared by many Muslims, which might or might not have their origins in a specifically Shi'a identity. In doing so, it facilitates the movement of academic discussions out from under the shadow of polemical sectarian discourses on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849044363
SKU
V9781849044363
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About Chiara Formichi
Chiara Formichi is Assistant Professor in Southeast Asian Humanities at Cornell University. Her work centres on political Islam and nationalism, secularism as a marker of modernity, and issues of sectarianism, orthodoxy and pluralism. She is the author of Islam and the Making of the Nation: Kartosuwiryo and Political Islam in 20th century Indonesia (2012), and edited Religious Pluralism, State and ... Read more
Reviews for Shi´ism in South East Asia: ´Alid Piety and Sectarian Constructions
'This path-breaking work makes an important contribution to understanding the complexities of religion in a part of the Muslim world that is still only peripherally studied. Highlighting the intensive and extensive contacts between the Lands below the Winds and the so-called Islamic heartlands in the Middle East, this volume will advance both these fields of academic inquiry. The editors have ... Read more