A01=Elvire Corboz
Author_Elvire Corboz
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Iraq
religious authority
religious networks
Shi'ism
transnationalism
ulama
Product details
- ISBN 9780748691449
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jan 2015
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Based on a political sociology of two families of religious scholars, al-Hakim and al-Khu’i, Elvire Corboz explains the internal workings of transnational leadership patterns in Shi`ism for the first time. Corboz compares the multifaceted roles played by Shi`i clerics in contemporary affairs with selective narratives about the traditional system of religious authority (the marja`iyya), political organisations, and international charities. Whether informal or institutionalised, their authority networks are in constant negotiation between communities and states in Iraq, Iran, other Middle Eastern countries, the Indian sub-continent South-East Asia, and the West. This multi-sited approach clarifies the local and transnational dynamics that underpin clerical authority.
Elvire Corboz earned a D.Phil from Wadham College, University of Oxford and has held positions at Princeton University and Rutgers University. She is Assistant Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies in the Department of the Study of Religion, Aarhus University.
