The Most Learned of the Shi`a: The Institution of the Marja` Taqlid
The Most Learned of the Shi`a: The Institution of the Marja` Taqlid
Oxford University Press, USA | August 30, 2001 | ISBN-10: 019513799X | 288 pages | PDF | 16.9 Mb
Oxford University Press, USA | August 30, 2001 | ISBN-10: 019513799X | 288 pages | PDF | 16.9 Mb
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.