Weiss, Max, 1977-

In the shadow of sectarianism law, Shi'ism, and the making of modern Lebanon / [electronic resource] : Max Weiss. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - [xiii], 341 p. : maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : Shiʻism, sectarianism, modernity -- The incomplete nationalization of Jabal ʻAmil -- The modernity of Shiʻi tradition -- Institutionalizing personal status -- Practicing sectarianism -- Adjudicating society at the Jaʻfari court -- ʻAmili Shiʻis into Shiʻi Lebanese? -- Epilogue : Making Lebanon sectarian.


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Shīʻah--Lebanon.
Status (Law)--Lebanon.
Religion and state--Lebanon.


Lebanon--Ethnic relations.


Electronic books.

DS80.55.S54 / W45 2010eb

305.6/9782095692