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The Shi'i world : pathways in tradition and modernity

Title
The Shi'i world : pathways in tradition and modernity / edited by Farhad Daftary, Amyn B. Sajoo and Shainool Jiwa.
Publication
London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015.

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Additional Authors
  • Daftary, Farhad.
  • Sajoo, Amyn B.
  • Jiwas, Shainool.
  • Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Description
xvi, 390 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Series Statement
Muslim heritage series ; 4
Uniform Title
Muslim heritage series ; 4.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction / Farhad Daftary, Amyn B. Sajoo and Shainool Jiwa -- 2. Remembering Muhammad / Omid Safi -- 3. Imam Jaʻfar al-Sadiq and the elaboration of Shiʻism / Karim Douglas Crow -- Legal traditions / Andrew J. Newman -- Intellectual traditions / Paul E. Walker -- Governance and pluralism under the Fatimids (909-996 C.E.) / Shainool Jiwa -- 7. Moral authority in the Safawid state /Rula J. Abisaab -- 8. Devotional practices / Ali S. Asani -- 9. Shiʻi communities in history / Farhad Daftary -- 10. Remembering Fatima and Zaynab: gender in perspective / Zayn Kassam and Bridget Blomfield -- Art and architecture / Jonathan M. Bloom -- 12. Literature / Eric Ormsby -- 13. Music / William Sumit -- 14. Shiʻism in Iranian Cinema / Nacim pak-Shiraz -- 15. Diasporas / Zulfiqar Hirji and Karen Ruffle -- Modernity: the ethcs of identity / Amyn B. Sajoo.
Call Number
JFD 15-4844
ISBN
  • 1784534773
  • 9781784534776
OCLC
924293004
Title
The Shi'i world : pathways in tradition and modernity / edited by Farhad Daftary, Amyn B. Sajoo and Shainool Jiwa.
Publisher
London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Series
Muslim heritage series ; 4
Muslim heritage series ; 4.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Daftary, Farhad.
Sajoo, Amyn B.
Jiwas, Shainool.
Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Research Call Number
JFD 15-4844
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