In the shadow of sectarianism : law, Shi'ism, and the making of modern Lebanon / Max Weiss.
By: Weiss, Max
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010Description: [xiii], 341 p. : maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780674052987 (hbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Shiʻah -- Lebanon | Status (Law) -- Lebanon | Religion and state -- Lebanon | Lebanon -- Ethnic relations
Contents:
Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity -- The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil -- The modernity of Shiʻi tradition -- Institutionalizing personal status -- Practicing sectarianism -- Adjudicating society at the Jaʻfari court -- ʻAmili Shiʻis into Shiʻi Lebanese? -- Epilogue : Making Lebanon sectarian.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-321) and index.
Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity -- The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil -- The modernity of Shiʻi tradition -- Institutionalizing personal status -- Practicing sectarianism -- Adjudicating society at the Jaʻfari court -- ʻAmili Shiʻis into Shiʻi Lebanese? -- Epilogue : Making Lebanon sectarian.
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