Le corps dans le chiisme populaire iranien : entre savâb et impureté

In the present study, I will try to understand the role and the place of the body in the Shi’ite popular religiosity, such as it is detectable in Afzâd, a little village of Kerman region (Iran). Does the body represent an obstacle in the individuals’ spiritual life and in their relation to the divin...

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Main Author: Anne-Sophie Vivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2006-11-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/2971
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description In the present study, I will try to understand the role and the place of the body in the Shi’ite popular religiosity, such as it is detectable in Afzâd, a little village of Kerman region (Iran). Does the body represent an obstacle in the individuals’ spiritual life and in their relation to the divine world or, on the contrary, is it of a great assistance?In order to bring an answer, I will begin by analysing the place of the body firstly in the villagers’ religious conceptions on Good and Bad, and secondly in their representations of the other world. If the body does not seem to be in itself a source of sin, it is touched by impurity, becoming a potential obstacle in the relation with the divine, and because of that it will be necessary to study all the implications of this notion. Finally, I will study how the body appears as an important mediator, a fact recognizable firstly in the rituals linked with the Imams’ veneration, and more largely, in other many practices which reach their culminant point in the numerous offerings, exchanges and ritual sharing of food.In conclusion, the body appears to be in the core of the Shi’ite popular religiosity because it plays an important role in the construction of the link with the divine, who may reflect its role in the construction of the social bond, which is so prominent in the little peasant society studied.
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