Ismailism and Islam in modern South Asia: community and identity in the age of religious internationals
This book explores the evolution of a Shia Ismaili identity and crucial aspects of the historical forces that conditioned the development of the Muslim modern in late colonial South Asia. It traces the legal process that, since the 1860s, recast a Shia Imami identity for the Ismailis, and explicates...
| Subtitles: | Ismailism & Islam in Modern South Asia Ismailism & Islam in modern South Asia |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Ismailites
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Ismailites
South Asia
B Ismailites (South Asia) B Ismailites ; South Asia B Shīʻah (South Asia) B Shiites ; South Asia B Shīʻah South Asia B Shiites South Asia B Shiites (South Asia) B Shīʻah ; South Asia |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9781107154087 |
| Summary: | This book explores the evolution of a Shia Ismaili identity and crucial aspects of the historical forces that conditioned the development of the Muslim modern in late colonial South Asia. It traces the legal process that, since the 1860s, recast a Shia Imami identity for the Ismailis, and explicates the public career of Imam Aga Khan III amid heightened religious internationalism since the late-nineteenth century, the age of 'religious internationals'. It sheds light and elaborates on the enduring legacies of questions such as the Aga's understanding of colonial modernity, his ideas of India, restructured modalities of community governance and the evolution of Imamate-sponsored institutions, key strands in scholarship that characterized the development of the Muslim and Shia Ismaili modern, and Muslim universality vis-à-vis denominational particularities that often transcended the remits of the modular nation and state structure. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017) |
| ISBN: | 1316650472 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781316650479 |