ideology and practice from the 1950s to the present /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ronen A. Cohen.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 194 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-190) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Part I. The spiritual background to the Imamate Shi'a - Ithna A'shariyyah and the first half of the 20th century: 1. The story of the Shi'a -- 2. The revival of the Shi'a after the Qajars -- Part II. The Baha'i faith and the emergence of the Hojjatiyeh: 3. The Baha'i faith and its origins in Shi'a Islam and despair -- 4. The Hojjatiyeh Society -- Part III. Post-revolution era and the Hojjatiyeh as counter-revolutionaries movement: 5. Danger ahead - challenging Khomeini -- 6. The evolution of extremism -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.