MMW 13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ibadat Khana, Mughal Empire, Akbar
23 May 2018
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Religious transformation in 1500s
Periods and places of tolerance and inclusion
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Violence and bloodshed
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War
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Forced conversion
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Tolerance and inclusion
Mughal empire
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Akbar I (r.1555-1605)
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---Appoints Sunnis and Shi'as, Hindu officials
---Allowed Hindus to follow laws and customs
Ibadat Khana
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Religious Violence and Domination
Christian missionaries
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State hegemony
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warfare
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Persecution
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Expulsion (Jews from Spain 1492)
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Conversions -mass (many) --individual
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Christian Missionaries
Intertwined with empire
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Counterreformation
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Spiritual conquest---Japan, China, America, India
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State Hegemony
No Catholic mass in Protestant
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Circumcision outlawed in Spain
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Mexica rituals forbidden in Mexico
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Jews forbidden in Islamic Songhai
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Sunni Muslims persecuted
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Religious War
Conquest in Americas
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Protestants and Catholics
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Ottomans and Safavids
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Intra-faith Schisms
Reform of existing religions
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Developed new spiritual practices
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Created new religions
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Reform: Christianity
Correct perceived abuses of Catholic Church
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Individual religious experience --- protestant reformation
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Reform: Confucianism
Wang Yangming 1472-1529
Reforms --- Neo-Confucianism
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Emphasized individual ---mind (mediation) ---action
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Syncretism/New Religions
Sikhism
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Punjab region c. 1500
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Inspired by multiple religious traditions
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Stresses
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Internal religious state of individual
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Reinvigorate tradition
Askia Muhammad Ture --- promotes Islam again in Songhai Empire
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Islam strengthen the empire ---advisors, mosques
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Reinvigorate: Safavid Dynasty
State Islam
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Militant and political
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Macro-identities
Break with catholic church
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Confiscate lands and properties
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Sense of national identity
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Authority ---temporal and spiritual ---get money to build maritime army
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Lec17 Religious Transformations
Monday, May 14, 2018
11:17 AM
