Twelver Shiism : unity and diversity in the life of Islam, 632 to 1722 /: unity and diversity in the life of Islam, 632 to 1722. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew J. Newman.
• Authors: Newman, Andrew J
• Contents: Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Shiism fragmented: the faith and the faithful from the seventh to the ninth century ; CHAPTER 2 Bereft of a leader: The early traditionists and the beginnings of doctrine and practice ; CHAPTER 3 The challenge of 'the Uncertainty' ; CHAPTER 4 Majority and minority: rationalism on the defensive in the later Buyid period ; CHAPTER 5 Betwixt and between: the Twelvers and the Turks ; CHAPTER 6 The Mongol and Ilkhanid periods: the rise and limits of the school of al-Hilla ; CHAPTER 7 The severest of challenges. CHAPTER 8 Shiism in the sixteenth century: the limits of power (and influence) CHAPTER 9 The past rediscovered and the future assured: Shiism in the seventeenth century ; Epilogue; Appendix I Scholars by region: fifth-twelfth Islamic centuries/eleventh-eighteenth centuries ad* ; Appendix II Manuscript copies of key Twelver Shii written works, sixth-thirteenth Islamic centuries/twelfth-nineteenth centuries ad*; Appendix III Selected Safavid period rijal works* ; Appendix IV Shuruh/Hawashi of key Twelver works, sixth-twelfth Islamic centuries/twelfth-eighteenth centuries ad*; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 267 pages)
• Subjects: 297.82109; Shīʻah -- History; Shīʻah -- Doctrines -- History; RELIGION -- Islam -- General; Shīʻah; Shīʻah -- Doctrines; Imamiten; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748631902; 0748631909; 9780748678334; 0748678336
• Related ISBNs: 9780748633302; 0748633308; 9780748633319; 0748633316
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-255) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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