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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961064103321

Autore

Walbridge

Titolo

The most learned of the Shi'a : the institution of the Marja taqlid / / editor, Linda S. Walbridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, 2001

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2001

ISBN

9780195343939

019534393X

1-4237-2651-0

0-19-534393-X

0-19-513799-X

1-280-48091-2

0-19-984905-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 264 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

WalbridgeLinda S

Disciplina

297.6/1

Soggetti

Murjiʾah

Taqlīd

Authority - Religious aspects - Islam

Shīʻah - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: Shi'ism and Authority -- PART I: TRADITION -- 1 The Life of an 'Alim -- 2 The Imam's Return: Messianic Leadership in Late Medieval Shi'ism -- 3 Fayd al-Kashani and the Rejection of the Clergy/State Alliance: Friday Prayer as Politics in the Safavid Period -- 4 The Economic Role of the Ulama in Qajar Persia -- 5 Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority -- 6 Fatima's Religious Authority in an Early Work by the Bab -- PART II: REFORMATION -- 7 Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: The Search for New Foundations -- 8 Baqir al-Sadr's Quest for the Marja'iya -- 9 'Alima Bint al-Huda, Women's Advocate -- 10 The Fundamental Problem in the Clerical Establishment -- 11 Analysis of Khomeini's Proofs for al-Wilaya al-Mutlaqa (Comprehensive Authority) of the Jurist



-- PART III: THE SURVIVAL OF THE TRADITION -- 12 Fadlallah and the Remaking of the Marja 'iya -- 13 The Portrayal of an Academic Rivalry: Najaf and Qum in the Writings and Speeches of Khomeini, 1964-78 -- 14 The Counterreformation: Becoming a Marja' in the Modern World -- 15 The Marja' and the Survival of a Community: The Shi'a of Medina -- Glossary -- A -- B -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shi'ism. The contributors look at a variety of historical periods - from medieval to modern - to reveal the social, political, and theological factors that have influenced the development of Shi'ite leadership. -- Publisher description