<p><strong>'A fascinating account...immensely absorbing and instructive. ... An in-depth account of how competing understandings of Islam from the early sixteenth century onwards gradually led to the establishment of Twelver Shi'ism as the official religion of the Iranian state. A masterpiece, which cannot be ignored by anyone interested in the history of the Twelvers and of Iran more generally.'</strong> - <em>The Muslim World Book Review</em></p>

<p><strong>'A masterpiece, which cannot be ignored by anyone interested in the history of the Twelvers and of Iran more generally.'</strong> - <em>The Muslim World Book Review</em></p>

This ground-breaking and controversial work locates the antecedents of today's Islamic 'fundamentalism' in 16th and 17th century Iran and the forced conversion of the Sunnite population of Iran to the largely alien doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism; the concomitant extirpation of Sufism and philosophy; and the gradual rise of the 'faqih' or jurist.
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This ground-breaking and controversial work locates the antecedents of today's Islamic 'fundamentalism' in 16th and 17th century Iran.
Chapter 1 Belief and submission reconsidered; Chapter 2 Religion in medieval Iran and the rise of the Safavids; Chapter 3 The consolidation of Safavid power and the rise of Twelver Shi’ite externalism; Chapter 4 ‘Allama Majlisi; Chapter 5 Externalism in focus; Chapter 6 Conclusions;
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ISBN
9781138010673
Publisert
2014-07-17
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
408 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

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