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1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) |
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Introduction / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Shiʻi view of religion in general and Shiʻism in particular / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi -- The roots of Shiʻism in early Islamic history / Mahmud Shahabi -- The Shiʻi interpretation of the Qurʼan / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & Murtada Mutahhari -- The Shiʻi interpretaion of Hadith literature / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & S.M. Waris Hasan -- The Nahj al-Balaghah and the teachings of the Imams / Syed Hussein M. Jafri & Imam ʻAli -- Doctrinal divisions within Shiʻism / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi -- Shiʻism and Sunnism / Hamid Enayat -- Shiʻism, Ismaʻilism, and Shaykhism / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi, Muhammad Ibn ʻAbd al-Karim al-Shahrastani, Marshall Hodgson, & Mangol Bayat -- Shiʻism and Sufism / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The Shiʻi view of God / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & William Chittick -- The Shiʻi view of revelation and prophecy / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & ʻAllamah al-Hilli -- The Imams and the Imamate / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & Henry Corbin -- Shiʻi hermeneutics / Henry Corbin -- Taqiyyah / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & Hamid Enayat -- Mutʻah or temporary marriage / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi & Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Eschatology / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi -- Ijtihad and marjaʻiyyat / Mahmud Ramyar & Leonard Binder -- Prayers of Shiʻi imam & duʻa-i kumayl, religious rites, prayers, and supplications / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Diverse religious practices / Ayatollah Abuʼl-Qasim Khuʼi Mahmud Ayoub, E.G. Browne, Peter Chelkowski, Dwight Donaldson -- Jihad / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Shiʻi education / Roy Mottahedeh -- Shiʻi theology / W. Montgomery Watt, ʻAllamah al-Hilli, & Khwajah Nasir al-Din Tusi -- Intellectual sciences and philosophy / ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi, ʻAbd al-Razzaq Lahiji, & Muhsin Fayd Kashani -- Shiʻi literature / Mahmud Ayoub, E.G. Browne, Peter Chelkowski, & Shaykh al-Mufid -- Shiʻism and art / Nader Ardalan & Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Shiʻism and the natural sciences and mathematics / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Continuity and change in the intellectual heritage / Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ʻAllamah Tabatabaʼi, Sayyid Abuʼl-Hasan Qazwini, Murtada Mutahhari, & Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Sadr |
| Summary |
This is an anthology of the most significant writing on the doctrinal, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of Shi'ism. The works included here foster an interpretive understanding of Shi'ism in its dogmatic and cognitive aspects. The intent of this book is to balance the attention that has been focused on the political aspect of Shi'ism. Shi'ism is often seen, not only as an essentially political phenomenon, but as a creed of violence. Understanding Shi'ism in its total reality will encourage a more balanced approach to issues which are viewed mostly politically. While not denying the importance of political manifestations, this book offers an understanding of the often neglected religious beliefs and spiritual practices of this world community |
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Shīʻah |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Shīʿah.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- Shi'a.
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Shīʻah
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Shīʻah -- Doctrines.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
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Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-
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Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza, 1960-
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| ISBN |
0585088608 |
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9780585088600 |
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