Shiʿite Heritage

Essays on Classical and Modern Traditions

Edited and translated by L. Clarke

Subjects: Religion, Middle East Studies
Imprint: Distribution Partners
Paperback : 9781586840662, 417 pages, January 2001

Explores Western and Muslim scholarship on multiple aspects of the Twelver Shi’ite tradition.

Description

Shi'ite Heritage brings together Western and Muslim scholarship on multiple aspects of the Twelver Shi'ite tradition, including history, authority, jurisprudence, ritual, and interactions with the Sunnite majority. Nearly half of the two dozen essays included have been translated from Arabic or Persian into English in collaboration with the authors. Both modern views and the classical background are treated in this collection, and each section is introduced in a prefatory essay.