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UNINA9910824437003321 |
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Autore |
Howarth Toby M. |
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Titolo |
The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim minority in India : pulpit of tears / / Toby M. Howarth |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-23173-3 |
1-134-23174-1 |
1-280-25427-0 |
9786610254279 |
0-203-01260-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Persian and Shi'i Studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Shīʻah - India |
Shīʻah |
Religious life - Islam |
Shīʻah - Customs and practices |
Taʻziyah |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Transliteration, translation and notes on the text; An introduction to the Shîca and the events surrounding the Battle of Karbala; 1 From Karbala to India; 2 The Shîca of Hyderabad and their mourning gatherings; 3 The description of a complete mourning gathering (including the text of Sermon 1); 4 Sermons by male 'lay' preachers; 5 Sermons by women; 6 Sermons by religious scholars; 7 What the sermons do and how they do it |
8 Indian Shîcî preaching as the expression of a minority Islamic religious identityAppendix I; Appendix II; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Qur'ânic passages; General index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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