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Religion and society in Qajar Iran

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Gleave brings together studies by experts in the area of religion in nineteenth-century Iran in order to present new insights into Qajar religion, political and cultural history. Key topics covered include the relationship between religion and the state, the importance of archival materials for the study of religion, the developments of Qajar religious thought, the position of religious minorities in Qajar Iran, the relationship between religion and Qajar culture, and the centrality of Shi'ite hierarchy and the state.

Title Religion and society in Qajar Iran / edited by Robert Gleave.
Publisher London
New York : RoutledgeCurzon
Creation Date 2005
Notes "Proceedings of the conference held on 4-6 September 2000 in Bristol and jointly organised by Bristol University (Department of Theology and Religious Studies), The British Institute of Persian Studies, The Iran Heritage Foundation, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the University of Bristol Faculty of Arts."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-473) and index.
English
Content BOOK COVER
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
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PREFACE
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION,DATES, NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS
1. RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN QAJAR IRAN: AN INTRODUCTION
2. POLITICAL ETHIC AND PUBLIC LAW IN THE EARLY QAJAR PERIOD
3. JIHADAND THE RELIGIOUS LEGITIMACY OF THE EARLY QAJAR STATE
4. FROM DAR AL-SALTANA-YI ISFAHAN TO DAR AL-KHILAFA-YI THRAN: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE SAFAVID MODEL OF STATE-RELIGIOUS ADMINISTRATION DURING THE QUJARS (1795-1895/1209-1313)
5. RELIGIOUS AND STATE JURISDICTION DURING NASIR AL-DIN SHAH'S REIGN
6. BEING (WUJUD) AND SANCTITY (WILAYA): TWO POLES OF INTELLECTUAL AND MYSTICAL ENQUIRY IN QAJAR IRAN
7. ORTHODOXY AND HETERODOXY IN TWELVER SHIISM AHAMAD AL-AHSAI ON FAYD KASHANI (THE RISALAT AL-TLMIYYA) FOR NORMAN CALDER
8. ANTI-AKHBARI SENTIMENTS AMONG THE QAJAR ULAMA: THE CASE OF MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-KHWANSARI (D.1313/1895)
9. HETERODOX INTELLECTUALS OF THE IRANIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION
10. RELIGION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE: THE CASE OF YAGHMA-YI JANDAQI (1781-1859)
11. PIOUS MERCHANTS: RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS IN WILLS AND TESTAMENTS
12. THE VAQF AND THE RELIGIOUS PATRONAGE OF MANUCHIHR KHAN MUTAMAD AL-DAWLAH
13. MUJTAHIDS AND MISSIONARIES: SHII RESPONSES TO CHRISTIAN POLEMICS IN THE EARLY QAJAR PERIOD
14. THE WESTERN MISSIONARIES IN AZERBAIJANI SOCIETY (1835-1914)
15. JEWS OF IRAN IN THE QAJAR PERIOD: PERSECUTION AND PERSEVERANCE
16. THE EVOLUTION OFCHARISMATIC AUTHORITY IN THE BAHAI FAITH (1863-1921)
17. THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE IRANIAN BAHAI COMMUNITY DURING THE QAJAR PERIOD
18. RELIGIOUS RITUALS, SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS IN TEHRAN UNDER QAJAR RULE, 1850s-1920s
19. THE EXILE PERSIAN PRESS AND THE PRO-CONSTITUTIONALIST ULAMA OF THE ATABAT
20. RELIGION AND MEDICINE IN QAJAR IRAN
21. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGIOUS AND POPULAR CULTURE IN QAJAR TILEWORK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Series Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series.
Extent 1 online resource (xiv, 482 pages) : illustrations
Language English
National Library system number 997010709871905171
MARC RECORDS
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