This French-language book is the first to propose a scientific approach to the Aga Khan's religious thought, placing it in its proper perspective by revealing how the Aga Khan responded to contemporary challenges. It will be of interest to both students and scholars of history, orientalism and Islamic thought and cultures, and to anyone interested in South Asia or in the fundamental issues of religion and modernity.
This French-language book is the first to propose a scientific approach to the Aga Khan's religious thought, placing it in its proper perspective by r...
The Muslim shrine is at the crossroad of many processes involving society and culture. It is the place where a saint often a Sufi - is buried, and it works as a main social factor, with the power of integrating or rejecting people and groups, and as a mirror reflecting the intricacies of a society.
The book discusses the role of popular Islam in structuring individual and collective identities in contemporary South Asia. It identifies similarities and differences between the worship of saints and the pattern of religious attendance to tombs and mausoleums in South Asian Sufism and...
The Muslim shrine is at the crossroad of many processes involving society and culture. It is the place where a saint often a Sufi - is buried, and ...
