Applications Closed
Exploring Ismaili Traditions
- Understand how religious traditions and practices evolve and are influenced by their cultural contexts.
- Discuss the evolution of the various Ismaili traditions by introducing important figures who have shaped Ismaili history, thought and practice in various geographies.
- Expose participants to the rich diversity of ritual practices amongst the different Ismaili traditions and the roles they play in a believer’s and the community’s life.
- Develop an informed understanding and appreciation for the diversity as well as commonalities of beliefs, articulations and practices that embody the global Ismaili Jamat.
- Provide frameworks for ways to approach this diversity in the contemporary context.
