Toby Howarth

The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India (eBook, ePUB)

Pulpit of Tears

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India is the first survey to present the Indian mourning gathering and explain the history of this extraordinary phenomenon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134231737
• Artikelnr.: 42636501

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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