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Shi'i Islam and Identity: Religion, Politics and Change in the Global Muslim Community

Shi'i Islam and Identity: Religion, Politics and Change in the Global Muslim Community

Ridgeon, Lloyd

Hardcover

Series: Library of Modern Religion, Book 25

IslamGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 1848856490
ISBN13: 9781848856493
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Oct 23 2012
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

From the Civil War in Lebanon to the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79, from the dismantling of the Ba'athist regime in Iraq to the virtual splintering of the country; and from the chaos in Afghanistan to the victimisation of the Hazaras by the Taliban. Shi'i communities around the world have suffered from wars, revolutions and hostility. These problems, in different ways, have all involved a configuration of complicated events, a heritage of historical factors and interntional power politics that defy simplistic explanations. Here, Lloyd Ridgeon brings together an investigation of the nature of contemporary Shi'ism. He and his collaborators here focus on the creation of identities- showing the diversity of thought within the Shi'i world. They demonstrate the transnational nature of Shi'i networs and the forces of tradition and modernity influencing current developments in Shi'i identity both in the Middle East and in the West.

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