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
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Bibliography: p. [242]-255
Includes index
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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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