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The heirs of the prophet: charisma and religious authority in Shi'ite Islam

Liyakat Takim
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page ix)
  • Introduction (page xi)
  • Chapter One: "The Scholars Are Heirs of the Prophets" (page 1)
  • Chapter Two: The Holy Man in Islam (page 37)
  • Chapter Three: Routinization of Charismatic Authority: The Shiʾi Case (page 78)
  • Chapter Four: The Office of Charismatic Authority: The Functions of the Rijal (page 109)
  • Chapter Five: Textual Authority and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Biographical Texts (page 145)
  • Conclusion (page 181)
  • Notes (page 185)
  • Bibliography (page 217)
  • Index (page 229)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
BSOAS 71.1 (2008): 118-119 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40378970
Citable Link
Published: c2006
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780791481912 (ebook)
  • 9780791467381 (paper)
  • 9780791467374 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Islamic Studies
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