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Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism (Paperback, NIPPOD)
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Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism (Paperback, NIPPOD)
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The representation of prophets and saints in Islam is erroneously
considered nonexistent by many scholars of Islam, Muslims, and the
general public. The issue is often dealt with superficially without
attention to its deep roots in piety and religiosity. Visualizing
Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism offers new understanding of
Islamic iconography and Muslim perspectives on the use of imageries
in ritual contexts and devotional life. Combining iconographic and
ethnographic approaches, Ingvild Flaskerud introduces and analyzes
imageries (tile-paintings, posters and wall-hangings), ritual
contexts and interviews with male and female local viewers to
discuss the representation, reception and function of imageries in
contemporary Iranian Shia environments. This book presents the
argument that images and decorative programmes have stimulating
qualities to mentally evoke the saints in the minds of devotees and
inspire their recollection, transforming emotions and stimulating
cultic behaviours. Visualization and seeing are significant to the
dissemination of religious knowledge, the understanding of
spiritual and ethical values, the promotion of personal piety, and
functions as modes of venerating God and the saints.
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