Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

The Shiites

  • Book
  • © 1992

Overview

Authors:
  1. David Pinault
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
    Download chapter PDF

  3. Ritual and Popular Devotion in a Shiite Community: Muharram Liturgies of Hyderabad

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Shiite Shrines of the Old City

      • David Pinault
      Pages 79-82

    3. Shiite Men’s Guilds of Hyderabad: An Overview

      • David Pinault
      Pages 83-98

    4. Lamentation Rituals: Shiite Justifications for Matam (Acts of Mourning and Self-mortification)

      • David Pinault
      Pages 99-108

    5. Lamentation Rituals: Liturgical Forms of Matam

      • David Pinault
      Pages 109-114

    6. The Majlis Liturgy: Sermon Topics and Shiite Self-definition

      • David Pinault
      Pages 115-120

    7. The Role of Liturgy in Reinforcing Communal Identity

      • David Pinault
      Pages 121-124

    8. Preparations for the Muharram Season: Rehearsal Sessions and the Training of the Chorus in a Shiite Men’s Guild

      • David Pinault
      Pages 125-130

    9. Liturgy as Drama: The Seventh of Muharram and the Bridegroom of Karbala’s Procession

      • David Pinault
      Pages 131-135

    10. Cooperation and Competition Among the Men’s Guilds

      • David Pinault
      Pages 137-145

    11. Criticisms Directed Against the Men’s Guilds

      • David Pinault
      Pages 147-151
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book describes what Shiism means to those who actually practice it and serves as both an excellent introduction to the subject and an original work of scholarship.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Shiites

  • Authors: David Pinault

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-06693-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-07953-6Published: 15 August 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-10024-7Published: 14 August 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-06693-0Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXX, 214

  • Topics: Islam

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation