The Routinisation of Authority: A Comparative Perspective on Marginalisation, Socio-economic Factors and Perceptions on Authority in Contemporary Shiʿa Islam

The paper addresses the main contextual drivers of routinisation of Shiʿa religious, social, and political authority in the Middle East and beyond. It has three objectives: to enhance understanding of the socioeconomic conditions of Shiʿites in countries with a considerable Shiʿite population in the...

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Main Author: Gärde, Johan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2019]
In: Studies in religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Pages: 432-461
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Near East / Shi'ah / Marginality / Religious leader / Authority
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
NCC Social ethics
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Middle East
B routinisation
B Islam
B Authority
B Values
B Shiʿism
B charismatic authority
B Marginalisation
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