The spirituality of Shi'i Islam : beliefs and practices /: beliefs and practices. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi.
• Other Names: Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali; Institute of Ismaili Studies.
• Contents: Early emergence and ancient convergence. Reflections on the expression dīn ʻAlī: the origins of the Shiʻi faith ; Shahrbanu, lady of the land of Iran and mother of the Imams: between pre-Islamic Iran and Imami Shiʻism -- On the nature of the Imam: initiation and dualism. Some remarks on the divinity of the Imam ; The pre-existence of the Imam ; The Imam in heaven: ascension and initiation ; Knowledge is power: interpretations and implications of the miracle in early Imamism ; Notes on Imami Walāya ; Only the man of God is human: theology and mystical anthropology according to early Imami exagesis -- Hermeneutic and spiritual practice. The warrior of Taʼwilʼ: a poem about ʻAlī by Mollā Ṣadrā ; Visions of the Imams in modern and contemporary twelver mysticism ; Notes on prayer in Imami Shiʻism -- Aspects of individual and collective eschatology. The end of time and return to the origin ; A contribution on the topology of encounters with the hidden Imam ; An absence filled with presences: Shaykhiyya hermeneutics of the occultation.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 585 pages)
• Subjects: 297.82; Shīʻah; Shīʻah -- Customs and practices; RELIGION -- Islam -- Shi'a; Shīʻah; Shīʻah -- Customs and practices; Spiritualiteit; Sjiʻisme; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857719652; 0857719653; 1283152215; 9781283152211
• Related ISBNs: 9781845117382; 1845117387
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-549) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.