Spring 2015 - Devotional Theology: An Interview with Shaykh Vinay Khetia

Trenton Carl interviews Shaykh Vinay Khetia about his his Ph.D thesis work at McMaster University on Devotional Theology - the duʿāʾ and ziyārāt of the Ahl al-Bayt. In this interview, he introduces his educational background before elaborating on his research. Of particular interest is his explanation of the history and focus of scholastic commentaries on Shīʿī devotional literature. He explains that this process perhaps started in the 13th century with Sayyid ibn Ṭāwūs, expanded in the Safavid era, and has continued through to the contemporary period. He also provides the names of contemporary ʿulamaʾ who have written on the duʿāʾ of the Imāms, and the academic scholars and ʿulamaʾ that he is working with to complete his thesis. Spring 2015