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Notes from the Fortune-Telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Pakistan de David Pinault

Notes from the Fortune-Telling Parrot: Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Pakistan: Comparative Islamic Studies

Autor David Pinault
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2008
Explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781845533465
ISBN-10: 1845533461
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 158 x 232 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Seria Comparative Islamic Studies

Notă biografică

David Pinault is an associate professor of religious studies at Santa Clara University. He received his Ph.D in Arabic and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Horse of Karbala: Muslim Devotional Life in India (Palgrave) and The Shiites: Ritual and Popular Piety in a Muslim Community (St. Martin's).

Cuprins

Introduction. Pluralism and Religious Identity in Pakistan.Chapter 1. My Fortune-Telling Parrot Triggers Trouble in Lahore: Street Rituals and the Legacy of Religious PluralismChapter 2. Being Hindu in Pakistan: Legacy and Survival.Chapter 3. Pakistani Christians and the Prospects for Inter-Religious Resistance to the Blasphemy Laws.Chapter 4. Ritual and Communal Identity: Shia-Sunni Relations in PakistanChapter 5. Spurting Blood and Attempts to Regulate Ritual: Pakistani Shias and Iran's Bid for Leadership of Global IslamChapter 6. Raw Meat Skyward: Pariah-Kite Rituals in Lahore.Chapter 7. Jinns and Sorcery in Lahore: Textual Sources and Personal Experiences.Chapter 8. A Comparison of Muslim and Hindu Perspectives on the Realm of the Jinns.Chapter 9. Lahori Pulp Fiction: The World of Khofnak Dijast ("Fright Digest").Chapter 10. The Politics of Jogging: Women's Issues in Pakistan.Chapter 11. The Greco-Buddhist Past: The Peshawar Museum and Pakistan's Pre-Islamic Heritage.Chapter 12. The Hazards of Being a Free-Thinker: Prince Dara Shikoh and the Prospects for Pluralism in 21st-Century Pakistan.