Parsis in India and the Diaspora (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hinnells, John; Williams, Alan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Parsis are India's smallest minority community, yet they have exercised a huge influence on the country. This book, written by notable experts in the field, explores various key aspects of the Parsis, spanning the time from their arrival in India to the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134067510
• Artikelnr.: 38248624

Autorenporträt

John Hinnells was Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions at Manchester and SOAS. He is now retired but has a part time Research Professorship at Liverpool Hope University and is Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at SOAS. He has published widely in the area of South Asian religion, in particular the Parsis, and the comparative study of religions. His books include Zoroastrians in Britain (1996), Zoroastrian and Parsi Studies: selected works of John R. Hinnells (2000), and The Zoroastrian Diaspora (2005). Alan Williams is currently Senior Lecturer in Comparative Religion in the School of Arts Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester. He has published several books on Iranian studies and also writes about the history of religions, comparative literature and translation studies. His most recent book is a new English blank verse translation of the first book of Rumi's Persian mystical masterpiece, the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi (Spiritual Verses for Penguin Classics, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface John R. Hinnells. Introduction John R. Hinnells and Alan Williams
Section 1: The Settlement of the Parsis in India 1. The Structure,
Significance and Poetic Integrity of the Qesse-ye Sanjan Alan Williams 2.
The Landing of The Zoroastrians at Sanjan: The Archaeological Evidence
Rukshana Nanji 3. Parsi Prayer and Devotional Song in the Indian Diaspora
Sarah Stewart Section 2: Parsis in Nineteenth Century India 4. Jamsetjee
Jejeebhoy and the Public Culture of Nineteenth Century Bombay Jesse S.
Palsetia 5. Changing Perceptions of Authority among Parsis in British India
John R. Hinnells 6. Bombay Parsi Merchants in the Nineteenth Century
Rusheed R. Wadia 7. Mourning, Philanthropy, and M.M. Bhownaggree's Road to
Parliament John Mcleod Section 3: Parsis in Twentieth Century India and in
their Diasporas 8. Judging Conversion to Zoroastrianism: Behind the Scenes
of the Parsi Panchayat Case (1908) Mitra Sharafi 9. Iranians and Indians on
the Shores of Serendib (Sri Lanka) Jamsheed K. Choksy 10. Zoroastrians in
Europe 1976 to 2003: Continuity and Change Gillian Mary Towler Mehta 11.
Para-Zoroastrianisms: Memetic Transmission and Appropriations Michael
Strausberg 12. Parsis In India and their Diasporas in the Twentieth Century
and Beyond John R. Hinnells. Illustrations