Religion for Revolution: Shifting Perceptions of Bodily Ritual in the Lebanese Shi‘a Community
This paper applies Cartesian and Weberian theories of rationalization and Leslie Sharp’s concept of bodily commodification to the transition in the observance of Ashura from practices of bodily mortification to blood donation among the Shi‘a community in Lebanon. The author argues that this shift po...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Arabic |
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State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aljamiah.or.id/index.php/AJIS/article/view/268 |