Shicite Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9978039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Moussavi (0000-0002-7775-9782, corresponding author), Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 639-659 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210869808701938 |
| OpenAlex | W4230209605 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
In Many Respects, Shicism Constitutes the Most Important Element of Iranian culture since the Safavid rule in the sixteenth century. Shicism not only presents a most divergent sectarian character in Islam, but also introduces a variety of rites and rituals, some of them well penetrated into the festive mode of thought of Iranians. The Encyclopaedia Iranica has dedicated numerous entries to Shicite characters, rites and rituals in the first place, and to Shicah thought and concepts in the second place. Looking at Shicism as a culture, indeed, justifies the prominence of rituals. The community, in Heinz Halm's words, “is created through the process of rituals” more than “the profession of belief in dogma.” The Shicite community, since the Safavid period, has been equipped with rituals that ensured a lasting cultural dimension for Shicism. In our survey of Shicism in Iranica, therefore, we deal first with rituals and symbols, second with juristic characters, third with concepts and titles, and finally with some general remarks on the issues
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Character (mathematics · Element (criminal law · Encyclopedia · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Mode (computer interface · Period (music · Political science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
|---|