Struggle for Authority in the Nineteenth Century Shi'ite Community: The Emergence of the Institution of Marja'i Taqlid
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Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University
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: 1991
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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IV, 222p.
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Canadian Theses Service, Ottawa, Canada
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Ph.D
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, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The Historical Background of the Institution of Marja'i Taqlid: the periodization of Shi'ite legal thought, the Akhbari-Usuli controversy over clerical authority and the method of acquiring knowledge, the Sufi-Usuli conflicts and their impact on the consolidation of Juristic authority, the Shaykhi-Usuli confrontation over the legitimate hierarchy of religious leadership .- The Emergence of the Institution of the Supreme Source for Emulation (Marja'i Taqlid): the theoritical basis of the institution of marja'i Taqlid, the financial sources of the authority assumed by the Shi'ite Ulama and Maraji, the establishment of the institution of marja'i Taqlid, the place of Marja'iyat in the Socio-Political life of the Shi'ite Community