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Hailing and Hallowing: Persian Hagiographies, Interpellation, and Learning How to Read

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William E. B. Sherman
Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Religions 2023, 14(12), 1534; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14121534
Submission received: 3 October 2023 / Revised: 8 December 2023 / Accepted: 12 December 2023 / Published: 13 December 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Comparative Hagiology: Issues in Pedagogy)
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Abstract

This essay discusses the pedagogical value of hagiology by examining how medieval Persian hagiographies can be used to explore the concept of “interpellation”: the process by which individuals are constituted as subjects in particular ideological systems. This essay uses an analysis of Rumi’s anecdote, “Moses and the Shepherd”, to demonstrate how hagiological approaches are valuable not just in understanding how a saint is constructed in a particular historical and cultural context but also how an audience is constructed and interpellated. The essay then introduces a pedagogical exercise that connects an analysis of Islamic hagiographies with an exploration of how students are interpellated with modern subjectivities in our contemporary ideological systems.
Keywords: hagiology; Persian hagiography; interpellation; pedagogy; genre; Sufism hagiology; Persian hagiography; interpellation; pedagogy; genre; Sufism

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Sherman, W.E.B. Hailing and Hallowing: Persian Hagiographies, Interpellation, and Learning How to Read. Religions 2023, 14, 1534. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14121534

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Sherman WEB. Hailing and Hallowing: Persian Hagiographies, Interpellation, and Learning How to Read. Religions. 2023; 14(12):1534. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14121534

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Sherman, William E. B. 2023. "Hailing and Hallowing: Persian Hagiographies, Interpellation, and Learning How to Read" Religions 14, no. 12: 1534. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14121534

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Sherman, W. E. B. (2023). Hailing and Hallowing: Persian Hagiographies, Interpellation, and Learning How to Read. Religions, 14(12), 1534. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14121534

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