Haider, Najam

Shi'i Islam : an introduction / Najam Haider - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014 - xxi, 243 p. : map; 23 cm. - Introduction to religion .

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Theology: 1. 'Adl (rational divine justice); 2. Imāmate (legitimate leadership); Part II. Origins: 3. Community; 4. Fragmentation; Part III. Constructing Shī'ism: 5. Zaydism in the balance between Sunnī and Shī'a; 6. The weight of Ismā'īlī expectations; 7. Twelver Shī'ism and the problem of the hidden imām; Part IV. Shī'ism in the Modern World: 8. Zaydism at the crossroads; 9. (Nizārī Ismī'īlism reconstituted; 10. The politicization of the Twelver Shī'a; Conclusion: Sunnī-Shī'ī relations.

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Shīʻah--History.Shīʻah--Doctrines--History.

BP193.5 / .H25 2014