Preface
Note to the Reader
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
I. Origins
Chapter 1 Shi'i View of Religion in General and Shi'ism in Particular
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
Chapter 2 The Roots of Shi'ism in Early Islamic History
MAHMUD SHAHABI
Chapter 3 The Shi'i Interpretation of the Qur'an
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
MURTADA MUTAHHARI
Chapter 4 The Shi'i Interpretation of Hadith Literature
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
S. M. WARIS HASAN
Chapter 5 The Nahj al-Balaghah and the Teachings of the Imams
SYED HUSSEIN M. JAFRI
IMAM 'ALI
Chapter 6 Doctrinal Divisions Within Shi'ism
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
II. The Shi'i Position vs. Other Divisions Within Islam
Chapter 7 Shi'ism and Sunnism
HAMID ENAYAT
Chapter 8 Shi'ism, Zaydism, Isma'ilism, and Shaykhism
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
MUHAMMAD IBN cABD AL-KARIM AL-SHAHRASTANI
MARSHALL HODGSON
MANGOL BAYAT
Chapter 9 Shi'ism and Sufism
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
III. Shi'i Doctrines and Beliefs
Chapter 10 The Shi'i View of God
cALLAMAH TABATABA'I
WILLIAM CHITTICK
Chapter 11 The Shi'i View of Revelation and Prophecy
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
'ALLAMAH AL-HILLI
Chapter 12 The Imams and the Imamate
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
HENRY CORBIN
Chapter 13 Shi'i Hermeneutics
HENRY CORBIN
Chapter 14 Taqiyyah
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
HAMID ENAYAT
Chapter 15 Mut'ah or Temporary Marriage
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I and SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
Chapter 16 Eschatology
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
Chapter 17 Ijtihad and Marja'iyyat
MAHMUD RAMYAR
LEONARD BINDER
IV. Shi'i Spirituality and Piety
Chapter 18 Religious Rites, Prayers, and Supplications
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
PRAYERS OF SHI'I IMAMS AND DU'A-I KUMA YL
Chapter 19 Diverse Religious Practices
AYATOLLAH ABU'L-QASIM KHU'I
MAHMUD AYOUB
E. G. BROWNE
PETER CHELKOWSKI
MAHMUD AYOUB
DWIGHT DONALDSON
MAHMUD AYOUB
Chapter 20 Jihad
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
V. The Intellectual and Artistic Life
Chapter 21 Shi'i Education
ROY MOTTAHEDEH
Chapter 22 Shi'i Theology
W. MONTGOMERY WATT
cALLAMAH AL-HILLI
KHWAJAH NASIR AL-DIN TUSI
Chapter 23 Intellectual Sciences and Philosophy
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
cABD AL-RAZZAQ LAHIJI
MUHSIN FAYD KASHANI
Chapter 24 Shi'i Literature
MAHMUD AYOUB
E. G. BROWNE
PETER CHELKOWSKI
SHAYKH AL-MUFID
Chapter 25 Shi'ism and Art
NADER ARDALAN
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
Chapter 26 Shi'ism and the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
VI. Shi'i Thought in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 27 Continuity and Change in the Intellectual Heritage
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
'ALLAMAH TABATABA'I
SAYYID ABU'L-HASAN QAZWINI
MURTADA MUTAHHARI
SAYYID MUHAMMAD BAQIR SADR
Index