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Religion, Pluralism, and Iconography in the Public Sphere: Theory and Evidence from Lebanon
This article examines mass public discourse on religion and pluralism in diverse societies. It argues that religion enters the public sphere by defining countervailing narratives about sectarianism, which is exclusive and divisive, and ecumenicism, which is inclusive and unifying. Most empirical studies focus on elites as the producers of discourse and ignore the regular people who comprise the “real” public. In contrast to prior work, this article systematically examines mass public discourse, with Lebanon, a religiously diverse developing world society, as its research venue. It uses a novel combination of original survey data and publicly displayed religious and political iconography to study the exchange of ideas about religion and pluralism among the mass public. It shows that sectarian discourse articulates ethnocentric and antiplural statements, whereas ecumenicism, by contrast, mitigates ethnocentrism and valorizes pluralism.
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Emulating and/or embodying the ideal: The gendering of temporal frameworks and Islamic role models in Shi'i Lebanon
In this article, I discuss two of the major temporal frameworks that pious Shi'i Muslims in Lebanon draw on, as seen through the example of the Battle of Karbala, its annual commemoration during Ashura, and the work that the religious figures Imam Husayn and Sayyida Zaynab do in linking history to the contemporary moment. I suggest that, to fully understand how these two temporalities work, it is necessary to attend to the ways in which they are differently gendered. I conclude by proposing explanations for that gendering that take into account both the Ashura history itself and contemporary local and transnational political contingencies.
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The Palestinian Fidâ'i as an Icon of Transnational Struggle: The South Lebanese Experience
How did the Palestinian Resistance build the key transnational figure of the fidâ'i and why did South Lebanon play a major role in this process? Assessing the hypothesis of the 'Lebanonisation' of this symbol of the Palestinian national struggle, this article will examine the role and the symbol of the fidâ'i in the context of Lebanon in the 1970s, through an analysis of the actions of the fidâ'iyyn and the values and ethics that fidâ'iyyn were supposed to embody. Drawing on interviews with former fidâ'iyyn and previous research on the topic, I will consider the two dimensions of the presence of the fidâ'iyyn: first, their location in South Lebanon and how this borderland became a significant part of their struggle in the political consciousness of the marginalised local population; and second, the nature of the symbol they began to represent for Lebanese groups, especially those who became involved in Resistance groups like the student brigade (al-katibe al-tullabiyya).
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The article begins with the exponential growth of the city Beirut between and after the war in Lebanon. It is followed by post-war reconstruction of the city. Emphasis is placed on the city centre that was badly damaged during the war and reflections on the reestablishment of public life in the city and reflections on the understanding of transitory architecture, common in places where physical and social ties between the inhabitants were broken.
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La très petite image de Notre-Dame de Soufanieh
Au Liban et en Syrie, deux espaces politiques étroitement liés en raison de leur histoire et de leur configuration communautaire, un réseau de mystiques chrétiennes s’est constitué depuis le début des années 1980. Ces femmes, qui officient dans leur appartement ou maison particulière, ne se fréquentent pas ou très rarement. Elles sont néanmoins liées entre elles par Notre-Dame de Soufanieh, une « icône » miraculeuse dont la reproduction se retrouve chez chacune d’entre elles. L’histoire de cette image commence à Damas en novembre 1982, quelques mois après l’insurrection de Hama, dans un contexte d’extrême violence. S’intéresser à sa biographie, à sa matérialité et à son parcours politique apporte un éclairage sur les modalités de présentification de « la Vierge » qui, ici, exprime et provoque – par un déplacement ténu inattendu – un désordre critique.
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