Contributors; Introduction: Shi'ism and Authority; PART I: TRADITION; 1 The Life of an 'Alim; 2 The Imam's Return: Messianic Leadership in Late Medieval Shi'ism; 3 Fayd al-Kashani and the Rejection of the Clergy/State Alliance: Friday Prayer as Politics in the Safavid Period; 4 The Economic Role of the Ulama in Qajar Persia; 5 Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority; 6 Fatima's Religious Authority in an Early Work by the Bab; PART II: REFORMATION; 7 Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr: The Search for New Foundations; 8 Baqir al-Sadr's Quest for the Marja'iya
9 'Alima Bint al-Huda, Women's Advocate10 The Fundamental Problem in the Clerical Establishment; 11 Analysis of Khomeini's Proofs for al-Wilaya al-Mutlaqa (Comprehensive Authority) of the Jurist; PART III: THE SURVIVAL OF THE TRADITION; 12 Fadlallah and the Remaking of the Marja 'iya; 13 The Portrayal of an Academic Rivalry: Najaf and Qum in the Writings and Speeches of Khomeini, 1964-78; 14 The Counterreformation: Becoming a Marja' in the Modern World; 15 The Marja' and the Survival of a Community: The Shi'a of Medina; Glossary; A; B; F; G; H; I; K; M; N; Q; S; T; U; W; Z; Index; A; B; C; D
EF; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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This collection of essays explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shi'ism. The contributors look at a variety of historical periods - from medieval to modern - to reveal the social, political, and theological factors that have influenced the development of Shi'ite leadership.