Elvire Corboz

Guardians of Shi'ism (eBook, ePUB)

Sacred Authority and Transnational Family Networks

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a political sociology of two families of religious scholars, al-Hakim and al-Khu'i, Elvire Corboz explains the internal workings of transnational leadership patterns in Shi`ism for the first time. Corboz compares the multifaceted roles played by Shi`i clerics in contemporary affairs with selective narratives about the traditional system of religious authority (the marja`iyya), political organisations, and international charities. Whether informal or institutionalised, their authority networks are in constant negotiation between communities and states in Iraq, Iran, other Middle Eastern countries, the Indian sub-continent South-East Asia, and the West. This multi-sited approach clarifies the local and transnational dynamics that underpin clerical authority.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748691463
• Artikelnr.: 56904673

Autorenporträt

Elvire Corboz earned a D.Phil from Wadham College, University of Oxford and has held positions at Princeton University and Rutgers University. She is Assistant Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies in the Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Glossary
Contents
List of Tables and Diagrams
Introduction
Part I: Family, Students, and Friends: From Dyadic to Transnational Networks
1. An Iraqi Family of Religious Scholars: Local and Transnational Networking Strategies
2. An Iranian Marja'in Najaf and a Foundation in London: Reproducing Interpersonal Ties Across Place and Over Time
Part II: Charitable Politics: Benevolent Patrons, Beneficiaries, and the State
3. Leadership in Patronage: The Benefits of Serving and Educating
4. The Priority of Charity: A Global Brand of Philanthropy in Its Local Making
Part IV: The Affairs of the State: Clerical Participation in Politics
5. From Najaf to Najaf: A Family at the Forefront of Iraqi Politics
6. Quietist Activism: Calculated Responses to Political Turmoil
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index