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100 1 Pinault, David.
245 14 The Shiites :|britual and popular piety in a Muslim
community /|cDavid Pinault.
264 1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c1993.
264 4 |c©1992
300 xiii, 210 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references ([197]-204) and index.
505 0 pt. 1. An introduction to the Shiite tradition in Islam.
Shiism : an overview -- Essential of Islam common to the
Shiite and Sunni traditions -- Shiite Ta'wil : the
esoteric dimension of Quranic scripture -- Variations on
the esoteric tradition in poetry and theosophy : examples
from Attar, Hafez, and Suhrawardi of Aleppo -- The
patterns that inform history : Shiite worldviews and the
understanding of past and future -- Shiism in India :
historical background and cultural influences --
Representations of Muharram in British fiction and memoirs
from the Raj -- pt. 2. Ritual and popular devotion in a
Shiite community : Muharram liturgies of Hyderabad. Shiite
shrines of the old city -- Shiite men's guilds of
Hyderabad : an overview -- Lamentation rituals : Shiite
justification for Matam (acts of mourning and self-
mortification) -- Lamentation rituals : liturgical forms
of Matam -- The Majlis liturgy : sermon topics and Shiite
self-definition -- The role of liturgy in reinforcing
communal identity -- Preparations for the Muharram season
: rehearsal sessions and the training of the chorus in a
Shiite men's guild -- Liturgy as drama : the seventh of
Muharram and the bridegroom of Karbala's procession --
Cooperation and competition among the men's guilds --
Criticisms directed against the men's guilds -- Muharram
liturgies and Hindu-Muslim relations in Hyderabad. pt. 3.
Conclusion. Hyderabad and the world community of Shiite
Islam.
650 0 Shīʻah|zIndia|zHyderabad.
650 0 Shīʻah.
651 0 Hyderabad (India)|xReligious life.
898 qbibliographies
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