The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India

Pulpit of Tears
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-415-66409-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

Reihe: Routledge Persian and Shi'i Studies

One of the most important current debates within and about Islam concerns its relation with power. Can Muslims be fundamentally content without power or as a minority? This book considers the voice of an important Muslim minority through its sermons. Indian Shi'i Muslims are a minority within a minority, constituting about ten to fifteen percent of the population as a whole, but comprising of about fifteen million people. Ten sermons are presented entirely and many more are quoted in order to analyze the preaching tradition in full. This book is the first survey to present the Indian mourning gathering and explain the history of this extraordinary phenomenon.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howarth, Toby

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An Introduction to the Shîa and the Events Surrounding the Battle of Karbala Part 1: Context 1. From Karbala to India: A History of Shi'i Preaching 2. The Shîa of Hyderabad and their Mourning Gatherings Part 2: Sermons 3. The Description of a Complete Mourning Gathering (Including the Text of Sermon 1) 4. Sermons by Male ‘Lay’ Preachers 6. Sermons by Religious Scholars Part 3: Analysis 7. What the Sermons Do and How They Do It 8. Indian Shi'i Preaching as the Expression of a Minority Islamic Religious Identity

Über Autor(innen)

Toby Howarth is currently Vice Principal of Crowther hall, at Selly Oak in Birmingham. A graduate of Yale University, Birmingham University and the Free University of Amsterdam, he has studied and worked in Birmingham, Oxford, Uganda, Egypt, Jerusalem, India, and the Netherlands. He speaks and writes widely in the field of Muslim-Christian relations.