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Author : Abū al-Faz̤l ʻIzzatī
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Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Islamic Rationalism in the Light of Shi'ism written by Abū al-Faz̤l ʻIzzatī and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004465502
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Reason, Esotericism, and Authority in Shiʿi Islam written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume advances the critical study of exegetical, doctrinal, and political authority in Shiʿi Islam. It presents new frameworks for interpreting the diverse modes of rationality and esotericism in Shiʿism and the socio-epistemic values they represent within Muslim discourse.
Author : Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351604864
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book What is Shi'i Islam? written by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the public at large Shi’ism often implies a host of confused representations, suggesting more often than not obscurantism, intolerance, political violence and other ignominies running hot or cold in response to world events. In fact for many people, Shi’ism stands for "radical Islam", or – worse – "Islamic terrorism". In some respects, nothing is more familiar than Shi’ism, and yet nothing is more misunderstood. For some twenty years the media have increased their coverage of the phenomenon. Never, or only rarely, do they formulate the question we ask here: what is Shi’ism? What is this belief that inspires millions of people dispersed throughout the world? This book provides a broad based introduction to Shi’i Islam. It examines what the Shi’i believe, how they see themselves and how they view the world. It includes a thorough examination of doctrine, philosophy, the Shi’i approach to the Qur’an and the historical evolution of Shi’ism as a branch of Islam. Too often, and too quickly, the conclusion is drawn that Shi’ism is a marginal heretical sect, fundamentally alien to the deeper truth of the great religion of Islam, thrust by historical accident onto the political stage. Shi’ism either speaks the truth of Islam, meaning that it is a truth of terror, or it is entirely foreign to Islam and, therefore, merits outright rejection, as Islamic fundamentalists and some individuals repeatedly claim. This book intends to explain why such common misunderstandings of Shi’ism have taken root. Written in an accessible format and providing a thorough overview of Shi’ism, this book will be an essential text for students and scholars of Islamic Studies or Iranian Studies.
Author : Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791494799
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism written by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Imam, the Divine Guide, is the central point around which the Shi'ite religion turns. The power of Shi'ism comes from the actions of the Imam. This title is reserved exclusively for the sucessors of the prophets in their mission. The author shows that from the beginning of Shi'ite Islam until the tenth century, the Imam was primarily a master of knowledge with supernatural powers, not a jurist theologian. The Imam is the threshold through which God and the creatures communicate. He is thus a cosmic necessity, the key and the center of the universal economy of the sacred. The author presents Shi'ism as a religion founded on double dimensions where the role of the leader remains constantly central: perpetual initiation into divine secrets and continued confrontation with anti-initiation forces. Without esotericism, exotericism loses its meaning. Early Imamism is an esoteric doctrine. Historically, then, at the beginning of esotericism in Islam, we find an initiatory, mystical, and occultist doctrine. This is the first book to systematically explore the immense literature attributed to the Imams themselves in order to recover the authentic original vision. It restores an essential source of esotericism in the world of Islam.
Author : Fahad Abbas
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781973717072
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Lights of Heaven written by Fahad Abbas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lights of Heaven summarizes all the concepts, beliefs, traditions, and history of Shia Islam, so that anyone, from beginner to expert, can understand it. It talks about the existence and proof of God, refutes various claims made against the Prophet, gives a vivid description of the religion of Islam after the demise of the Holy Prophet, explains the events before and after Karbala in great detail, and most importantly, refutes falsehood while upholding to the Truth in a way that summarizes the religion of Quran and Ahlulbayt. Indulge yourself in the ocean of knowledge by finding out how the Muslims treated the household of the Prophet after his death, evidence for the concepts in Shia Islam, and how peace can be achieved in the world through the Quran and my Peace Theory.
Author : Hamid Dabashi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674262913
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Shi'ism written by Hamid Dabashi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a Western world anxious to understand Islam and, in particular, Shi’ism, this book arrives with urgently needed information and critical analysis. Hamid Dabashi exposes the soul of Shi’ism as a religion of protest—successful only when in a warring position, and losing its legitimacy when in power. Dabashi makes his case through a detailed discussion of the Shi’i doctrinal foundations, a panoramic view of its historical unfolding, a varied investigation into its visual and performing arts, and finally a focus on the three major sites of its contemporary contestations: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. In these states, Shi’ism seems to have ceased to be a sect within the larger context of Islam and has instead emerged to claim global political attention. Here we see Shi’ism in its combative mode—reminiscent of its traumatic birth in early Islamic history. Hezbollah in Lebanon claims Shi’ism, as do the militant insurgents in Iraq, the ruling Ayatollahs in Iran, and the masses of youthful demonstrators rebelling against their reign. All declare their active loyalties to a religion of protest that has defined them and their ancestry for almost fourteen hundred years. Shi’sm: A Religion of Protest attends to the explosive conflicts in the Middle East with an abiding attention to historical facts, cultural forces, religious convictions, literary and artistic nuances, and metaphysical details. This timely book offers readers a bravely intelligent history of a world religion.
Author : Gurdofarid Miskinzoda
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857723383
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Study of Shi'i Islam written by Gurdofarid Miskinzoda and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shi'i Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilization. The prolific achievements of Shi?i theologians, philosophers and others are testament to the spiritual and intellectual wealth of this community. Yet Shi?i studies has unjustly remained a long-neglected field, despite the important contribution that Shi'ism has made to Islamic traditions. Only in recent decades, partially spurred by global interest in political events of the Middle East, have scholars made some significant contributions in this area. The Study of Shi'i Islam presents papers originally delivered at the first international colloquium dedicated exclusively to Shi'i studies, held in 2010 at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Within the book are eight sections, namely, history, the Qur'an and its Shi'i interpretations, hadith, law, authority, theology, rites and rituals, and intellectual traditions and philosophy. Each section begins with an introduction contextualizing the aspects of studying Shi'i Islam particular to its theme, before going on to address topics such as the state of the field, methodology and tools, and the primary issues with which contemporary scholars of Shi'i studies are dealing. The scope and depth here covered makes this book of especial interest to researchers and students alike within the field of Islamic studies. The volume benefits from the diverse expertise of nearly 30 world-class scholars, including Mohammad-Ali Amir-Moezzi, Meir M. Bar-Asher, Farhad Daftary, Daniel De Smet, Gerald R. Hawting, Nader El-Bizri, Etan Kohlberg, Wilferd Madelung, Andrew Newman, Ismail K. Poonawala, Sabine Schmidtke and Paul E. Walker.
Author : Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857719653
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam written by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second largest branch of Islam, with between 130 and 190 million adherents across the globe, Shi'i Islam is becoming an increasingly significant force in contemporary politics, especially in the Middle East. This makes an informed understanding of its fundamental spiritual beliefs and practices both necessary and timely. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi is one of the most distinguished scholars of Shi'i history and theology, and in this volume he offers a wide-ranging and engaging survey of the core texts of Shi'i Islam. Examining in turn the origins and later developments of Shi'i spirituality, the author reveals the profoundly esoteric nature of the beliefs which accrued to the figures of the early Imams, and which became associated with their interaction between the material and spiritual worlds. Many of these beliefs have remained much misunderstood even within the wider Muslim world. Furthermore, Western scholarship has tended to follow the lead of the earlier orientalists and critics, viewing Shi'i teachings as marginal. In this study the author shows, by contrast, how central and creative the very nature of spirituality was to the development of Shi'i Islam, as well as to classical Muslim civilisation as a whole. In this comprehensive treatment, the esoteric nature of Shi'i spirituality emerges as an essential phenomenon for understanding Shi'i Islam.
Author : ?usain Na?r
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887066894
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Shi'ism written by ?usain Na?r and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an anthology of the most significant writing on the doctrinal, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of Shicism. The works included here foster an interpretive understanding of Shicism in its dogmatic and cognitive aspects. The intent of this book is to balance the attention that has been focused on the political aspect of Shicism. Shicism is often seen, not only as an essentially political phenomenon, but as a creed of violence. Understanding Shicism in its total reality will encourage a more balanced approach to issues which are viewed mostly politically. While not denying the importance of political manifestations, this book offers an understanding of the often neglected religious beliefs and spiritual practices of this world community.
Author : Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Al-sadr
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781519332967
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (329 download)
Download or read book The Emergence of Shi'ism and the Shi'ites written by Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Al-sadr and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Ahlulbayt Organization (www.shia.es) is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shi`a School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought! In addition, For a complete list of our published books please refer to our website (www.shia.es) or send us an email to [email protected]
Author : Ayatullah Muhammad Baqir As-sadr
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546790754
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (97 download)
Download or read book The Emergence of Shi'ism and the Shi'ites written by Ayatullah Muhammad Baqir As-sadr and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Mustafa Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Mustafa Organization is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shi`a School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought!
Author : Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Alsadr
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519169136
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (691 download)
Download or read book The Emergence of Shi'ism and the Shi'ites written by Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Alsadr and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-08 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relation between the ideological and the theological realms in Islam. Theories of the Caliphate and the Imamate in Islam and the historical development of Shi'ism as a distinct school of Islamic thought.This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Ahlulbayt Organization (www.shia.es) is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shi`a School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought! In addition, For a complete list of our published books please refer to our website (www.shia.es) or send us an email to [email protected]
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791498972
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book A Shiʿite Anthology written by and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1981-06-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created by the Prophet Muhammad and his twelve Imams, the Hadith is an ancient and profoundly influential body of religious texts in Shi'ite Muslim literature, second in importance only to the Holy Koran itself. Texts on the practical aspects of life and pure metaphysics are included in this first English translations of excerpts from the Hadith. Especially selected for the Western reader by the renowned Islamic scholar Tabataba'i, the passages from the Hadith shed light on the culture, history, law, and theology of the Shi'ite community and provide direct translations of some of the most famous of Islamic prayers.
Author : Muhammed Al Da’mi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491825960
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)
Download or read book The Other Islam written by Muhammed Al Da’mi and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-11-10 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reputation of Shiism in the Islamic world, as elsewhere, has undergone many vicissitudes, but it is now higher than ever. In this new study, The author moves us toward an understanding of the social, intellectual, and theological crises that Prophet Muhammed and his cousin, Ali, together with some of the impoverished early Muslims (the precursors of Shiism) were struggling to solve. The issues were many: the idols, their social and economic embodiments in class, tribe, gender and ethnicity; the necessity of the revolutionary spirit, and its resumption in the Shii rebellious ethos; the question of the non-Arab converts to Islam; the exaggeration of the status of the imams (Shii extremism); the extension of the Islamic idol-Breaking spirit to encompass and examine modern issues or novel contemporary phenomena. Al Dami brings to the discussion of these historically complicated questions the lively investigation that many readers of English are not expected to know and comprehend outside the context of the self-consuming sectarian conflicts which penetrate and segment the Islamic world.
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ISBN 13 : 9780415391870
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Book Rating : 4.3/5 (918 download)
Download or read book Shi’ism written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20. Henry Corbin, ?Imamologie et philosophie? in Le Sh??ism Im?mite, (Presses Universitaires de France: Paris, 1970), pp. 143-74. 21. ?All?mah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn ?ab?tab???, ?On the Knowledge of God? in ?ab??ab???, ?All?mah Sayyid Mu?ammad ?usayn, Shi?ite Islam, (George Allen & Unwin Ltd: London, 1975), pp. 123-137. 22. Abdulaziz Sachedina, ?A Treatise on the occultation of the Twelfth im?mite imam? in Studia Islamica, Vol. 48 (1978), pp. 109-24. 23. Martin J McDermott, ?God?s attributes? in Martin J. McDermott, The Theology of al-Shaikh al- Muf?id (d. 413/1022), ( Dar el-Machreq Editeurs: Beyrouth, c 1978), pp. 133-53. 24. Wilferd Madelung, ?Nas?r ad-D?n T?s??s ethics, between philosophy, Shi?ism, and Sufism? in Richard. G. Hovannisian (Ed.) Ethics in Islam, (Undena Publications: Malibu, Cal., 1985), pp. 85-101. 25. Meir M Bar-Asher, ?Variant readings and additions of the Im?m? ???a to the Quran? in Israel Oriental Studies, Vol. 35 (1993) pp. 39-74. 26. Henry Corbin, ?Shiite Thought? in Henry Corbin, History of Islamic Philosophy (London: Kegan Paul International, 1993), pp. 319-363. 27. Sabine Schmidtke, ?al-?All?ma Hill? and Shi?ite Mu?tazilite theology? in Spektrum Iran, Vol. 7 (1994), pp. 10-35 and 136-37. 28. Abbas Muhajirani, ?Twelve-Im?m Shi?ite theological and philosophical thought? in Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman (Eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy (London & New York: Routledge, 1996), pp. 119-43. 29. Hamid Dabashi, ?M?r D?m?d and the founding of the ?School of Isfah?n? ? in Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Oliver Leaman (Eds.), History of Islamic Philosophy (London & New York: Routledge, 1996), pp. 597-632. 30. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, ?Vie et doctrine de Sadr ad-D?n (Mulla Sadr?)? in Aux sources de la sagesse Vol. 5/18 (1998), pp.61 -92. 31. Mohammed Awais Refudeen, ?Phenomenology versus historicism: the case of imamate? in American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Vol. 15 (1998), pp. 63-73. 32. Mohammad Ali Amir Moezzi, ?Seul l?homme de Dieu est humain: th¿ologie et anthropologie mystique travers l?ex¿g¿se imamate ancienne? in Arabica, Vol. 45 (1998), pp. 193-214. 33. Nasrollah Pourjavady, ?Opposition to Sufism in Twelver Shiism? in Frederick de Jong & Bernd.Radtke (Eds.), Islamic mysticism contested. Thirteen centuries of controversies and polemics. (Leiden-Boston-K¿ln: Brill, 1999), pp. 614-23. 34. Meir M Bar-Asher, ?The Qur??n commentary ascribed to Imam Hasan al-Askar?? in Jerusalem Studies in Arabica and Islam, Vol.24 (2000), pp. 358-379. 35. Joseph Alagha, ?Hizbullah and martyrdom? in Orient, Vol. 45/1 (2004), pp. 47-74 and 196-197.
Author : Abbas Amanat
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857710443
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism written by Abbas Amanat and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in Shi'i Islam is running at unprecedented levels. International tensions over Iran, where the largest number of Shi'i Muslims live, as well as the political resurgence of the Shi'i in Iraq and Lebanon, have created an urgent need to understand the background, beliefs and motivations of this dynamic vision of Islam. Abbas Amanat is one of the leading scholars of Shi'ism. And in this powerful book, a showcase for some of his most influential writing in the field, he addresses the colourful and diverse history of Shi' Islam in both premodern and contemporary times.Focusing specifically on the importance of apocalypticism in the development of modern Shi'i theology, he shows how an immersion in messianic ideas has shaped the conservative character of much Shi'i thinking, and has prevented it from taking a more progressive course. Tracing the continuity of apocalyptic trends from the Middle Ages to the present, Amanat addresses such topics as the early influence on Shi'ism of Zoroastrianism; manifestations of apocalyptic ideology during the Iranian Revolution of 1979; and the rise of the Shi'i clerical establishment during the 19th and 20th centuries. His book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of both religious studies and Middle Eastern history.
Author : Andrew J. Newman
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780700712779
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (127 download)
Download or read book The Formative Period of Twelver Shīʻism written by Andrew J. Newman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE: The View from Baghdad: The ShT'a in the Early -- Third/Ninth Century -- The ShT'i/Mu'tazili and Court Alliance During the Caliphate of -- al-Ma'mun -- Shl'ism and 'Popular' Rebellion in the Umayyad and Early -- Abbasid Periods -- The Anarchy of the Second Civil War and Further ShT'i Uprisings -- CHAPTER TWO: The View from Baghdad: The ShT'a at the Turn -- of the Third/Ninth Century -- The Shi'i Resurgence -- The Shi'i Vizierates and the Rise of the Banu Nawbakht -- The Conditionality of ImamT Rationalism: The Achievements of -- the BanO Nawbakht -- Summary and Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE: Pockets of Believers: The View from the ShT'T -- City-State of Qum -- Sunnism in Iran: Traditionism and Egalitarianism -- The Sht'a in Third/Ninth Century Iran -- The Twelver Sht'a in Iran: Between Centres and Peripheries -- A Shi'i Haven: Qum and the Ash'art Tribe -- Tribe and City -- Ash'ari Qum and Abbasid Baghdad -- CHAPTER FOUR: Al-Barqi and the Beginnings of the QummT/ -- Ash'arT Association with the Traditions -- Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Barqi: the Mawla Traditionist -- Al-Barqi and al-Mahsin -- Summary and Conclusion -- CHAPTER FIVE: Al-Saffar's Basa'ir al-Darajat: Theological -- Discourse As Encouragement -- Basa'ir as Qummi Discourse -- The Importance of 'Ilm and Its Possessors -- The Miraculous Nature, Substance and Transmission of the Imams' 'Ilm -- The Unique Nature of the Imams and their Sht'a -- The Unique Abilities of the Imams -- Summary and Conclusions -- CHAPTER SIX: Al-KulaynT's al-Kaff: The Qummi Response to -- Baghdadi Rationalism -- Al-KulaynT on al-Kafti2 Baghdad's Rationalist Discourse on the Edge -- The Centrality of al-'Aql and al-'Ilm: the Repudiation of Rationalism -- The Grace of al-'Ilm -- Summary and Conclusion -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Al-Saffar and al-KulaynT on the Imams and the -- Imamate: Twelver Theology Between Qum and Baghdad -- The Qummi/Ash'ari Connection to Twelver Traditionist Theology -- The Theology of al-Kafi Kitab al-Tawhfd -- Twelver Theology Between Qum and Baghdad: Al-Kaft's Kitab al- Hujja -- The Imamology in Basa'ir and al-Kaft's Kitab al-, Huja: a Comparative -- Approach -- Special Effects and Possessions Possessed by the Imams -- Their Special Personages -- The Unique Abilities of the Imams -- Al-Kulayni's Excisions -- CHAPTER EIGHT: AI-Kafi From Theology to Practice -- The Practical Nature of al-Usil's Traditions -- The Traditions of al-Furd' as QummT Discourse on Points of Practice -- The Collection and Obligations of al-Khums -- The Collection and Distribution of Alms -- 'Fle Obligation and Conduct of Congregational Prayer -- Overt Confrontation with Authority -- Al-Amr and al-Nahy -- The Permitted Scope of Personal Relations, and Confrontation, -- With Authority -- The Implementation of al-. Hudzud During the Occultation -- Judicial Arbitration in the Absence of the Imam -- The Imams and al-Jawr in al-Kafi -- CHAPTER NINE: Summary and Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Qur'anic verses cited -- Index.
