Title: The study of Shiʿi Islam : history, theology and law
Abstract: Contents Foreword by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi Preface Contributors Abbreviations PART I: HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY Introduction Wilferd Madelung 1. Reflections on the Expression d?n ?Al?: The Origins of the Shi?i Faith Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi 2. The Study of the Ismailis: Phases and Issues Farhad Daftary 3. Al-Maqr?z?'s Connection to the Fatimids Nasser Rabbat PART II: THE QUR?AN AND ITS SHI?I INTERPRETATIONS Introduction Meir M. Bar-Asher 4. What Defines a (Pre-modern) Shi?i Tafs?r? Notes Towards the History of the Genre of Tafs?r in Islam, in Light of the Study of the Shi?i Contribution Andrew Rippin 5. The Tafs?r of al-?ibar? (d. 286/899): Qur?anic Exegesis and Early Shi?i Esotericism Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi 6. The Empire Writes Back: Fatimid Ismaili Ta?w?l (Allegoresis) and the Mysteries of the Ancient Greeks David Hollenberg 7. The Authority to Interpret the Qur?an Meir M. Bar-Asher PART III: SHI?I ?AD?TH Introduction Etan Kohlberg 8. Writing and Resistance: The Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Early Shi?ism Maria Massi Dakake 9. Pre-B?yid ?ad?th Literature: The Case of al-Barq? from Qumm (d. 274/888 or 280/894) in Twelve Sections Roy Vilozny 10. The Story of 'Pen and Paper' and its Interpretation in Muslim Literary and Historical Tradition Gurdofarid Miskinzoda PART IV: SHI?I LAW Introduction Mohyddin Yahia 11. Renunciation (Zuhd) in the Early Shi?i Tradition Christopher Melchert 12. The Evolution of al-Q??? al-Nu?m?n's Theory of Ismaili Jurisprudence as Reflected in the Chronology of his Works on Jurisprudence Ismail K. Poonawala 13. The Theory of M?l among the Zayd?s Sayyid Zayd al-Wazir PART V: AUTHORITY Introduction Andrew J. Newman 14. 'Seeking the Face of God': The Safawid ?ikmat Tradition's Conceptualisation of Wal?ya Takw?niyya Sajjad Rizvi 15. The Role of the Imam-caliph as Depicted in Official Treatises and Documents Issued by the Fatimids Paul E. Walker 16. 'Minority Reports': Twelver Shi?i Disputations and Authority in the B?yid Period Andrew J. Newman PART VI: THEOLOGY Introduction Wilferd Madelung 17. Early Im?m? Theology as Reflected in the Kit?b al-k?fi of al-Kulayn? Wilferd Madelung 18. Al-Shaykh al-????: His Writings on Theology and their Reception Hassan Ansari and Sabine Schmidtke PART VII: RITES AND RITUALS Introduction Gerald R. Hawting 19. ??sh?r?? Rituals, Identity and Politics: A Comparative Approach (Lebanon and India) Sabrina Mervin 20. The Practice of Chir?gh-i rawshan among the Ismailis of Central Asia Hakim Elnazarov PART VIII: PHILOSOPHY AND INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS Introduction Daniel De Smet 21. Shahrast?n?'s ?an?f Revelation: A Shi?i Philosophico-Hermeneutical System Toby Mayer 22. Philosophising at the Margins of 'Shi?i Studies': Reflections on Ibn S?n?'s Ontology Nader El-Bizri Epilogue by Azim Nanji Index
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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