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Author Moazzen, Maryam, author

Title Formation of a religious landscape : Shi'i higher learning in Safavid Iran / by Maryam Moazzen
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages)
Series Islamic history and civilization: studies and texts ; volume 151
Islamic history and civilization ; v. 151.
Contents The Mosque-Madrasas of Safavid Isfahan -- The Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī : Waqfs, Administrative Structure, and Academic Life -- Reshaping Shi'a Cultural Memory : Commemorative Rituals and Constructing Identity -- The Safavid Curriculum : Conflicting Visions, Contested Triumphs -- Engagement with Religious Knowledge : Dialogical and Hermeneutical Modes of Transmission -- Safavid Pedagogical Approaches : Theories, Application, Practices and Critiques
Summary In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi'i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijazās and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas' curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi'i higher learning in early modern times
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 12, 2020)
Subject Madrasahs -- Iran -- History
Islamic religious education -- Iran -- History
Shiites -- Education -- Iran -- History
Islamic education -- Iran -- History
RELIGION / Islam / General
Islamic education
Islamic religious education
Madrasahs
Iran
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017056411
ISBN 9789004356559
900435655X
Other Titles Shi'i higher learning in Safavid Iran