| Shi'a Islam in Colonial India: Religion, Community and Sectarianism Contributor(s): Jones, Justin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1316649814 ISBN-13: 9781316649817 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Shi'a - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: 297.820 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 303 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Interest in Shi'ism Islam has increased greatly in recent years, although Shi'ism in the Indian subcontinent has remained largely underexplored. Focusing on the influential Shi'a minority of Lucknow and the United Provinces, a region that was largely under Shi'a rule until 1856, this book traces the history of Indian Shi'ism through the colonial period toward Independence in 1947. Drawing on a range of new sources, including religious writing, polemical literature, and clerical biography, it assesses seminal developments including the growth of Shi'a religious activism, madrasa education, missionary activity, ritual innovation, and the politicization of the Shi'a community. As a consequence of these significant religious and social transformations, a Shi'a sectarian identity developed that existed in separation from rather than in interaction with its Sunni counterparts. In this way the painful birth of modern sectarianism was initiated, the consequences of which are very much alive in South Asia today. The book makes a significant contribution to the global history of Shi'ism, and to understandings of inner-Islamic conflicts in the colonial and post-colonial worlds. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Justin: - Justin Jones is Lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Exeter. |