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The most learned of the Shiʻa : the institution of the Marjaʻ taqlid /

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 lead...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Walbridge, Linda S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.