This collection of essays explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shi'ism. Contributors look at a variety of critical historical periods--from medieval to modern--to reveal the social, political, and theological factors that have influenced the development of Shi'ite leadership.
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Linda S. Walbridge is at Indiana University-Purdue University.
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Nice Variety of Essays,
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This review is from: The Most Learned of the Shi`a: The Institution of the Marja` Taqlid (Hardcover)
Essentially, this book is a variety of essays covering a wide variety of subject pertaining to the Shi'a clerical system. Some of the essays seem a little naive and make some questionable (though not necessarily incorrect) claims and others don't really seem to belong in the book (such as the essay on Babism), but overall the book was a good read and most of the essays were quite insightful and well-written.
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The great orientalist E. G. Browne wrote that "no class in Persia is so aloof and inaccessible to foreigners and non-Muslims as that of the mullas." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ayni position, term khulafa, umm abiha, marja iya, one marja, term khalifa, important ulama, clerical establishment, leading ulama, academic rivalry, hadith reports, shrine cities, religious professionals, comprehensive authority, other jurists, leading jurists, religious tax Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shaykh Ahmad, Ayatollah Khomeini, Muhammad Baqir, Qajar Persia, Family of God, Ayatollah Khu'i, New York, History of Persia, Hidden Imam, Islamic Republic, Mir Damad, Mulla Sadra, The Waning, Imam Rida, Our Philosophy, Shaykh Husayn, Survival of the Tradition, The Economic Role of the Ulama, Veccia Vaglieri, Shaykh Saduq, Encyclopedia of Islam, Middle East, New Haven, The Fundamental Problem, Imam Reza New!
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The great orientalist E. G. Browne wrote that "no class in Persia is so aloof and inaccessible to foreigners and non-Muslims as that of the mullas." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ayni position, term khulafa, umm abiha, marja iya, one marja, term khalifa, important ulama, clerical establishment, leading ulama, academic rivalry, hadith reports, shrine cities, religious professionals, comprehensive authority, other jurists, leading jurists, religious tax Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shaykh Ahmad, Ayatollah Khomeini, Muhammad Baqir, Qajar Persia, Family of God, Ayatollah Khu'i, New York, History of Persia, Hidden Imam, Islamic Republic, Mir Damad, Mulla Sadra, The Waning, Imam Rida, Our Philosophy, Shaykh Husayn, Survival of the Tradition, The Economic Role of the Ulama, Veccia Vaglieri, Shaykh Saduq, Encyclopedia of Islam, Middle East, New Haven, The Fundamental Problem, Imam Reza New!
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- Islam and Revolution: Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini (1941-1980) by Imam Khomeini on 6 pages
- Islam & Revolution by Khomeini on 6 pages
- Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran by Hamid Dabashi on 4 pages
- History of Persia (Routledge Library Editions) by Sir Percy Sykes on page 74, page 77, and page 79
- Khurasan and Sistan by Lieutenant Colonel C. E. Yate on page 75, and page 78
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