Sociology of Shi'ite Islam : collected essays /
Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. Its bearers first emerged as a sectarian elite, then a hierocracy and finally a theocracy. Imamate, Occultation and the theodicy of martyrdom are identified as the main components of the Shiʻism as a world religion. I...
Main Author: Arjomand, Said Amir.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill.
c2016.
Series:
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.
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Call Number: BP192 .A75 2016