The Shi‘a in Modern South Asia
The Shi‘a in Modern South Asia
Ali Usman Qasmi, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
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USDWhile most studies of Shi'i Islam have focused upon Iran or the Middle East, South Asia is another global region which is home to a large and influential Shi'i population. This edited volume establishes the importance of the Indian subcontinent, which has been profoundly shaped by Shi'i cultures, regimes and populations throughout its history, for the study of Shi'i Islam in the modern world. The essays within this volume, all written by leading scholars of the field, explore various Shi'i communities (both Isna 'Ashari and Isma'ili) in parts of the subcontinent as diverse as Karachi, Lucknow, Bombay and Hyderabad, as well as South Asian Shi'i diasporas in East Africa. Drawing from a range of disciplinary perspectives including history, religious studies, anthropology and political science, they examine a range of themes relating to Shi'i belief, practice, piety and belonging, as well as relations between Shi'i and non-Shi'i communities.
- Illustrates how scholars are beginning to develop a grasp of religious change amongst the Shi'as over the past two centuries
- Adds to the understanding of power and the shaping of Shi'i communities
- Presents modern scholarship on the Shi'a of South Asia
Reviews & endorsements
'Jones and Qasmi’s The Shi‘a in Modern South Asia is a collection of eight essays introduced by Francis Robinson. … The essays provide nuanced treatments of Shia communities informed by their historical and theological idiosyncrasies.' Vikas Kumar, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
Product details
April 2016Hardback
9781107108905
218 pages
238 × 160 × 21 mm
0.47kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction Francis Robinson
- 1. Faith deployed for a new Shi'i polity in India Sajjad Rizvi
- 2. The Isma'ili – Isna 'Ashari divide among the Khojas Michel Boivin
- 3. Local nodes of a transnational network Muhammad Amir Ahmad Khan
- 4. Shi'ism, humanity and revolution in twentieth-century India Justin Jones
- 5. Universalising aspirations Soumen Mukherjee
- 6. Travelling leaders and connecting print cultures Shireen Mirza
- 7. Shari'a, Shi'as and Chishtiya revivalism Tahir Kamran and Amir Khan Shahid
- 8. Third wave Shi'ism Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
- Contributors
- Index.
