Salvation in a Palace: Luxurious Representation of Political Spirituality in Iran

The present study tries to answer this question: Why is the mausoleum of Imam Reza (a holy saint shrine) one of the most luxurious and expensive buildings in the world? By staying in Mashhad as a pilgrim, the researcher conducted 45 participatory and semi-structured interviews with pilgrims in two c...

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Main Author: Khoshk jan, Zahra (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dublin Institute of Technology 2022
In: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 163-177
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Heiligtum des Iman Resa (Mashhad) / Pilgrimage / Islam and politics
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B mausoleum of Imam Reza
B constructing Grounded Theory
B Political Islam
B Pilgrimage
B political spirituality
B Hierophany
B sacred art
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Summary:The present study tries to answer this question: Why is the mausoleum of Imam Reza (a holy saint shrine) one of the most luxurious and expensive buildings in the world? By staying in Mashhad as a pilgrim, the researcher conducted 45 participatory and semi-structured interviews with pilgrims in two consecutive stages. For analysing the collected data, a qualitative research method was used based on Constructing Grounded Theory. The concept of ‘the politics of constructing spirituality’ as the core category referred to the fact that the main reasons for the luxury and magnificence of Imam Reza’s mausoleum in Iran, are as follows: the existence of political-religious discourse in Iran, trying to continue the process of political socialisation via pilgrimage, representation and induction of symbols of political spirituality, the bond between spiritual salvation, pilgrimage and political liberation.
ISSN:2009-7379
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.21427/4c3y-dv87