Political thought in contemporary Shi'a Islam : Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din /: Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Farah W. Kawtharani.
• Authors: Kawtharani, Farah W
• Contents: 1. Chapter One: Introduction 2. Chapter Two: Shams al-Din and the Islamic Scene of Lebanon in the Turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s 3. Chapter Three: The Shiʿi Imamate Doctrine: Historical and Conceptual Developments 4. Chapter Four: Against the Absolutist Government: Shams al-Din's Critique of Khomeini's Thesis of Wilāyat al-Faqīh 5. Chapter Five: (Im)permissibility of Cooperation with Unjust Rulers and Modern Governments in Shi'i Doctrine 6. Chapter Six: Shams al-Din and Sectarianism in Lebanon 7. Chapter Seven: Where Islam Stands in Civil Government 8. Chapter Eight: Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 320.55/7; Islam and politics; Shīʻah -- Political aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030280574; 3030280578
• Related ISBNs: 9783030280567
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 19, 2019).
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