‘Daheshism, a religious movement for golden-age Beirut’
In 1942, the mysterious and charismatic holy man, Dr Dahesh, started a new religion that aimed to unite Christian, Judaism and Islam the banner of Daheshism. The talk looks at the cultural and intellectual roots of this unusual movement – the spread of new ideas like Spiritualism, Hypnotism and Fakirism across the Middle East. Dr Dahesh and his spiritual acolytes are the logical conclusion of one strand of Arabic Nahda.
Date:
22 February 2024, 11:15 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Venue:
Balliol College, Broad Street OX1 3BJ
Venue Details:
Old Common Room
Speaker:
Dr Raphael Cormack (Durham)
Organising department:
Faculty of History
Organiser:
John-Paul Ghobrial
Part of:
Religion and Mobility in Late Ottoman and Modern Middle Eastern History (The ‘Moving Stories’ Seminar)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Belinda Clark,
Alexia Lewis
