{"product_id":"devotion-religious-authority-and-social-michel-boivin-9789004539921","title":"Devotion, Religious Authority, and Social Structures in Sindh: Khojas, Vanyos, and Faqirs","description":"In a context of rigidification of religious boundaries, especially between Hinduism and Islam, the book argues that many physical and non-physical sites of religious encountering are still at work, both in Pakistan and in India. In India, the Hindu Sindhis worshipped a god, Jhulelal, who is also venerated in Pakistan as a saint. In Sehwan Sharif, in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, there are Hindu Sufi masters who initiate Muslims to Sufism.\u003cbr\u003e This study is the first to involve both Muslim and Hindu communities in a comparative perspective, and to underscore that the process of constructing communities in South Asia follow the same social pattern, the patrilineal lineage (\u003ci\u003ebaradari\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003ekhandan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e The study is based on an array of sources collected in three continents, such as manuscripts, printed and oral sources, as well as artefacts from material cultures, most of which was never published before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Boivin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004539921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004539921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michel Boivin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45481819996415,"sku":"9789004539921","price":127.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fad1461c-61b4-4dd5-ae84-f8d631bf89e0.jpg?v=1715987782","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/devotion-religious-authority-and-social-michel-boivin-9789004539921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}