Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-35529-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 151, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi‘i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moazzen, Maryam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Note on Transliteration and Style

Introduction

Imperializing Twelver Shi'ism and Its Impact on Shi'i Higher Learning

The Reaction of the Sunni 'Ulama'

Madrasas and the Consolidation of Shi'ism in Persia

The Permissibility of Collaborating with Temporal Power

Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran

1 Mosque-Madrasas of Safavid Isfahan

Pre-Safavid Mosque-Madrasas

Safavid Mosques and Madrasas

After 'Abbas the Great

The Largest Shi'i Madrasa

Conclusion

2 The Madrasa-yi Sultani: Waqfs, Administrative Structure, and Academic Life

Shah Sultan Husayn’s Objectives in Establishing the Madrasa-yi Sultani

The Deeds of Endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sultani

Analysis of the Endowed Properties

The Administrative Structure of the Madrasa-yi Sultani
Conclusion

3 Reshaping Shi'a Cultural Memory: Commemorative Rituals and Constructing Identity

Contextualizing Cultural Memory

Safavid Madrasas and Commemorating Cultural Memory

The Instructional Values of Commemorative Rituals

Madrasas and Social Coherence
Reconfiguring Cultural Memory
Conclusion

4 The Safavid Curriculum: Conflicting Visions, Contested Triumphs

Safavid Scholars and the Concept of Knowledge ('ilm)

Towards Reconstructing the Curriculum of the Safavid Madrasas

The Usulis and the Curriculum

The Curriculum of the Madrasas of Safavid Isfahan

Akhbarism and Its Impact on the Safavid Curriculum

The Curriculum of Safavid Madrasas during the Reign of Shah Sultan Husayn

Conclusion

5 Engagement with Religious Knowledge: Dialogical and Hermeneutical Modes of Transmission

Safavid Pedagogy: Legal Rationalization or Authentic Knowledge

Teaching and Learning Methods
The Place of Texts in Learning and Etiquette Pertinent to Writing and Shelving Books

Teachers and Learning

The Language of Instruction

Travel in Pursuit of Knowledge

Studying and Marriage
Graduation
Conclusion

6 Safavid Pedagogical Approaches: Theories, Application, and Practices

Mulla Sadra and the Problem of Conventional (rasmi) Learning

Muhsin Fayd Kashani and Epistemic Certitude
Muhaqqiq Sabzawari’s Review of Safavid Higher Learning
Muhammad Zaman Tabrizi’s Observations

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index of Places
Index of Subjects and Terms
Index of Persons

Über Autor(innen)

Maryam Moazzen, Ph.D. (2011), University of Toronto and Ph.D. University of Tehran (1999), is Assistant Professor in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Louisville. She has published several book chapters and articles in Iranian Studies and Studia Iranica.