Twelver Shiism : unity and diversity in the life of Islam, 632 to 1722
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Twelver Shiism : unity and diversity in the life of Islam, 632 to 1722
(The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys)
Edinburgh University Press, 2013
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [242]-255
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Charts the history and development of Twelver Shi'ism. As many as 40 different Shi'i groups existed in the ninth and tenth centuries yet only 3 forms have survived. Why is Twelver Shi'ism one of them? As the established faith in modern Iran, the majority faith in Iraq and areas in the Gulf and with its adherents forming sizeable minorities elsewhere in the region, it is arguably the most successful branch of Shi'ism. This book charts its history and the development of the key distinctive doctrines and practices which ensured its survival in the face of repeated challenges. It argues that the key to the faith's endurance has been its ability to institutionalise responses to the changing, often localised circumstances in which the community has found itself, thereby remaining remarkably resilient in the face of both internal disagreements and external opposition.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part One: Shiism in the Classical Period
- 1. The Shi'i Problematic
- 2. Bereft of a Leader: The Early Traditionists
- 3. The Legacy of the Buyid Period
- Part Two: Twelver Shi'ism in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
- 4. Betwixt and Between: the Twelvers and the Turks
- 5. Shiism, Mongols, Ilkhanids, Timurids and Sufi Orders
- 6. A Home at Last: The Establishment of the Faith in Safavid Iran (1501-1722)
- Part Three: Twelver Shi'ism in the Modern Period
- 7. The 'Crises' of the 18th Century
- 8. A Home Again, At Last: Re-Establishment in Qajar Iran
- 9. Twentieth Century Shi'ism to 1978
- 10. The Islamic Revolution and After
- 11. Summary and Conclusion
- Index.
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