| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Shiʻism and authority / Linda S. Walbridge. -- The life of an ʻAlim / Sayyid Niʻmatuʼllah Al-Jazaʼiri, translation by E.G. Browne. -- The Imam's return: messianic leadership in late medieval Shiʻism / Shahzad Bashir. -- Fayd al-Kashani and the rejection of the clergy/state alliance: friday prayer a politics in the Safavid period / Andrew J. Newman. -- The economic role of the Ulama in Qajar Persia / Willem Floor. -- Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsaʼi on the sources of religious authority / Juan R.I. Cole. -- Fatima's religious authority in an early work by the Bab / Toff Lawson. -- Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: the search for new foundations / John Walbridge. -- Baqir al-Sadr's quest for the Marjaʻiya / Talib Aziz. -- ʻAlima Bint al-Huda, women's advocate? Joyce Wiley. -- The fundamental problem in the clerical establishment / Morteza Motahari; Farhad Arshad, translator; Hamid Dabashi, introduction. -- Analysis of Khomeini's proofs for al-Wilaya al-Mutlaqa (comprehensive authority) of the jurist / Talib Aziz. -- The portrayal of an academic rivalry: Najaf and Qum in the writings and speeches of Khomeini, 1964-78 / Devin J, Stewart. -- The counterreformation: becoming a Marjaʻ in the modern world / Linda S. Walbridge. -- The Marjaʻ and the survival of a community: the Shiʻa of Medina / Yousif al-Khoei |
| Summary |
This collection of essays explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shi'ism. The contributors look at a variety of historical periods - from medieval to modern - to reveal the social, political, and theological factors that have influenced the development of Shi'ite leadership. -- Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Murjiʼah.
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Taqlīd.
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Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Shīʿah -- Doctrines.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Murjiʼah.
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Shīʻah -- Doctrines.
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Taqlīd.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walbridge, Linda S.
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| ISBN |
019513799X |
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9780195137996 |
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9780195343939 |
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019534393X |
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9780199849055 |
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0199849056 |
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