03513nam 22006374a 450 991096106410332120251116153259.09780195343939019534393X1-4237-2651-00-19-534393-X0-19-513799-X1-280-48091-20-19-984905-6(MiAaPQ)EBC7035451(CKB)24235085000041(MiAaPQ)EBC281061(Au-PeEL)EBL281061(CaPaEBR)ebr10086807(CaONFJC)MIL48091(OCoLC)191817994(Au-PeEL)EBL7035451(EXLCZ)992423508500004120000228d2001 uy eengur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe most learned of the Shi'a the institution of the Marja taqlid /editor, Linda S. Walbridge1st ed.Oxford University Press2001New York :Oxford University Press,2001.1 online resource (xii, 264 pages)9780195137996 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 descriptionMurjiʾahTaqlīdAuthorityReligious aspectsIslamShīʻahDoctrinesMurjiʾah.Taqlīd.AuthorityReligious aspectsIslam.ShīʻahDoctrines.297.6/1Walbridge1860355Walbridge Linda S884632MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961064103321The most learned of the Shi'a4465176UNINA