Shi'ite Lebanon: Transnational Religion and the Making of National Identities (History and Society of the Modern Middle East) by Shaery-Eisenlohr, Roschanack - 2011-11-08

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Paperback / softback. New. By recasting the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East, Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr proposes a new framework for understanding Shi'ite politics in Lebanon. Her study draws on a variety of untapped sources, reconsidering not only the politics of the established leadership of Shi'ites but also institutional and popular activities of identity production. Shaery-Eisenlohr traces current Shi'ite politics of piety and authenticity to the coexistence formula in Lebanon and argues that engaging in the discourses of piety and coexistence is a precondition to cultural citizenship in Lebanon. As she demonstrates, debates over the nature of Christianity and Islam and Christian-Muslim dialogue are in fact intertwined with power struggles at the state level. Since the 1970s, debates in the transnational Shi'ite world have gradually linked Shi'ite piety with the support of the Palestinian cause. Iran's religious elite has backed this… Read More

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Columbia Univ Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 312 pages. 8.90x5.90x0.70 inches.

Columbia Univ Pr, 2011. Paperback. New. 312 pages. 8.90x5.90x0.70 inches.

Columbia University Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor