/Luis Alberto Vittor ; translator and editor, John Andrew Morrow ; prologue, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi ; preface, Barbara Castleton.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
2nd emended and amplified ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Qum, Islamic Republic of Iran
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Ansariyan Publications
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
272 p.
Other Physical Details
:ports.
Dimensions
;22 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
English translation, revision, and annotation of author's article: El islam shiita : �ortodoxia or heterodoxia?, originally published in Epimeleia : revista de estudios sobre la tradici�on in 1994.
Text of Note
LC copy gift of the translator.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-267) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Towards a definition of heterodoxy in Isl�am -- Towards a definition of Sh�i�ism -- al-Ijm�a� or scholarly consensus: an accepted method for controlling heresy? -- The infallible divine authority: source of law and doctrine in Islamic ijm�a� -- Mukht�ar al-Thaq�af�i the enlightened messianic activist: the Sh�i�ite insurrection as political reaction, reparation and revenge -- The caliphate at a crossroads: Ab�u Bakr and the collusion of the powerful classes -- Prophethood and im�amate: two inseparable metaphysical realities -- The wil�ayah: the spiritual and temporal authority of the im�ams -- The im�amate: the esoteric inheritance or the b�a�tin of the prophet -- Conclusions.