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Abstract
Drawing on a study of Shi‘i ritual lamentation in Lebanon, this article examines how religious actors and pious publics employ literary, recitational, theatrical, and socio-technological methods to cultivate imaginal engagements with the other-worldly. These methods are analyzed, demonstrating how they locate pious Shi‘is in religious meta-narratives that transcend the linearity of time, taking place simultaneously in the Elsewhere and in the here-and-now. I argue that this produces transposable and lasting dispositions that constitute the Shi‘i self, immerses subjects in this-worldly-oriented modes of religiosity, and bestows upon Shi‘i politics and the imagined community a profound emotional legitimacy. I posit that cultivated engagements with the Elsewhere are constitutive experiences in modes of religiosity that emphasize a symbiosis between human action and metaphysical intervention, thus complicating the question of agency and intentional action.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 133-147 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Religion and Society |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Marei, Fouad G. 2020. “From the Throes of Anguished Mourning: Shi‘i Ritual Lamentation and the Pious Publics of Lebanon”, Religion and Society, 11 (1), pp. 133 – 147. https://doi.org/10.3167/arrs.2020.110110Keywords
- eschatology
- Hezbollah
- Islam
- Lebanon
- ritual practice
- Sectarianism
- Shia Islam
- Shi'ism
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