Devotional Islam in Contemporary South Asia: Shrines, Journeys and Wanderers

By Remy Delage

Book Overview

The book discusses the role of popular Islam in structuring individual and collective identities in contemporary South Asia. It identifies similarities and differences between the worship of saints and the pattern of religious attendance to tombs and mausoleums in South Asian Sufism and Shi ism. This geographical re-mapping of Muslim religious gatherings in contemporary South Asia contributes to a new understanding of South Asian and Islamic Studies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415657504
• ISBN13: 9780415657501
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"