Religion and society in Qajar Iran
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Religion and society in Qajar Iran
（RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series, 4）
RoutledgeCurzon, 2005
- : pbk
Available at 12 libraries
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Bibliography: p. 449-473
Includes index
"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 Heritege Foudation, The Foreign and Commonwelth Office and the University of Bristol, Faculty of Arts" -- t.p
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Religion and Society in Qajar Iran: An Introduction Part 1: Religion and the State in the Qajar Period 1. Political Ethic and Public Law in the Early Qajar Period 2. Jihad and the Religious Legitimacy of the Early Qajar State 3. From DAr al-SalOana-yi IOfahAn To DAr al-khilafa-yi OihrAn: Continuity and Change in the Safavid Model of State-Religious Administration during the Qajars (from 1795-1895 /1209-1313) 4. Religious and State Jurisdiction during NAOir al-DDn ShAh's Reign Part 2: Religious Thought in the Qajar Period 5. Being (wujUd) and Sanctity (wilAya): Two Poles of Intellectual and Mystical Enquiry in Qajar Iran 6. Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Twelver ShiYism: The Case of AImad al-AIsATHD (the risAla Yilmiyya) 7. Anti-AkhbArD-Sentiments among the Qajar YUlamATH: The Case of MuIammad BAqir al-KhwAnsArD (d.1313/1895) 8. Heterodox Intellectuals and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution Part 3: Sources for the Study of Popular Religion in Qajar Iran 9. Religion in Public and Private Life: The Case of YaghmA-yi JandaqD (1781-1859) 10. Pious Merchants: Religious Sentiments in Wills and Testaments 11. The Vaqf and Religious Patronage of ManUchihr KhAn MuYtamad al-Dawla Part 4: Religious Minorities and Western Missionaries 12. Mujtahids and Missionaries: ShDYD Responses to Christian Polemics in the Early Qajar Period 13. Western Missionaries in Azerbayjani Society (1834-1914) 14. Jews of Iran in the Qajar Period: Persecution and Perseverance 15. The Evolution of Charismatic Authority in the BahATHD Faith, (1863-1921) 16. The Role of Women during the Iranian BahATHD Community during the Qajar Period Part 5: Religion and Culture in Qajar Iran 17. Religious Rituals, Social Identities, and Political Relationships in Tehran under Qajar Rule: 1850s to 1920s 18. The Exile Persian Press and the Pro-constituionalist YulamATH of the YAtabat 19. Religion and Medicine in Qajar Iran 20. Some Interpretations of Religious and Popular Culture in Qajar Tilework
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