LEADER 03473nam 22006254a 450 001 9910818868703321 005 20240410131049.0 010 0 $a9780195343939 010 0 $a019534393X 010 $a1-4237-2651-0 010 $a0-19-534393-X 010 $a0-19-513799-X 010 $a1-280-48091-2 010 $a0-19-984905-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7035451 035 $a(CKB)24235085000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC281061 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL281061 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10086807 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48091 035 $a(OCoLC)191817994 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235085000041 100 $a20000228d2001 uy e 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe most learned of the Shi'a $ethe institution of the Marja taqlid /$feditor, Linda S. Walbridge 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cOxford University Press$d2001 210 1$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) 311 $a9780195137996 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aThis 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 606 $aMurji?ah 606 $aTaqlid 606 $aAuthority$xReligious aspects$xIslam 606 $aShi??ah$xDoctrines 615 0$aMurji?ah. 615 0$aTaqlid. 615 0$aAuthority$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 615 0$aShi??ah$xDoctrines. 676 $a297.6/1 700 $aWalbridge$01651631 701 $aWalbridge$b Linda S$0884632 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818868703321 996 $aThe most learned of the Shi'a$94001678 997 $aUNINA