Open Sounds, Hidden Spaces: Listening, Wandering, and Literalism in Sufi Iran

Literalism is often synonymous with the absence of critical thought, a black hole of interpretation where the word offers not inspiration but command. As one group of Iranian Nimatullahi Sufis demonstrated, however, this is not always the case. Based on ethnographic research, this article will demon...

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Main Author: Golestaneh, Seema 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2022
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 90, Issue: 1, Pages: 121-149
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iran / Niʿmatallāhīya / Samāʿ / Soundscape / Hiking / Cultic site / Literal meaning
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBL Near East and North Africa
TK Recent history
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