Mysticism and the plurality of meaning : the case of the Ismailis of rural Iran
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Bibliographic Information
Mysticism and the plurality of meaning : the case of the Ismailis of rural Iran
(The Institute of Ismaili Studies occasional papers, 2)
I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili studies, 1998
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An extended essay which uses as a case study the Ismailis of rural Iran, whose ideas and actions question the notion that Islamic mysticism is necessarily passive and other-worldly.
Table of Contents
- The Ismailis of Iran
- the paradox of world-affirming mysticism
- windows to an understanding
- the pilgrimage
- the world of debates
- formal pronouncements
- the coteries of interpretation
- conclusions - the plurality of meaning and the meaning of plurality.
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