The Powerful Ephemeral : Everyday Healing in an Ambiguously Islamic Place /

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"The violent partitioning of British India along religious lines and ongoing communalist aggression have compelled Indian citizens to contend with the notion that an exclusive, fixed religious identity is fundamental to selfhood. Even so, Muslim saint shrines known as dargahs attract a religiou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bellamy, Carla, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sufism.
Islamic shrines.
Spiritual healing.
Healing > Religious aspects > Islam.
RELIGION > Islam > Sufi.
Soufisme > Inde.
Sanctuaires musulmans > Inde.
Guerison par la foi > Inde.
Guerison > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Sufism > India.
Islamic shrines > India.
Spiritual healing > India.
India.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Ambiguity: Ḥusain Ṭekrī and Indian dargāḥ culture
  • Place: the making of a pilgrimage and a pilgrimage center
  • People: the tale of the four virtuous women
  • Absence: lobān, volunteerism, and abundance
  • Presence: the work and the workings of ḥāẓirī
  • Personae: transgression, otherness, cosmopolitanism, and kinship
  • Conclusion: The powerful ephemeral: dargāḥ culture in contemporary India.

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