Description |
xviii, 401 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Shii view of religion in general and Shiism in particular / Allamah Tabataba±i -- The roots of Shiism in early Islamic history / Mahmud Shahabi -- The Shii interpretation of the Qur±an / Allamah Tabataba±i & Murtada Mutahhari -- The Shii interpretation of Hadith literature / Allamah Tabataba±i & S.M. Waris Hasan -- The Nahj al-Balaghah and the teachings of the Imams / Syed Hussein M. Jafri & Imam Ali -- Doctrinal divisions within Shiism / Allamah Tabataba±i -- Shiism and Sunnism / Hamid Enayat -- Shiism, Ismailism, and Shaykhism / Allamah Tabataba±i, Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Karim al-Shahrastani, Marshall Hodgson, & Mangol Bayat -- Shiism and Sufism / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The Shii view of God / Allamah Tabataba±i & William Chittick -- The Shii view of revelation and prophecy / Allamah Tabataba±i & Allamah al-Hilli -- The Imams and the Imamate / Allamah Tabataba±i & Henry Corbin -- Shii hermeneutics / Henry Corbin -- Taqiyyah / Allamah Tabataba±i & Hamid Enayat -- Mutah or temporary marriage / Allamah Tabataba±i & Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Eschatology / Allamah Tabataba±i -- Ijtihad and marjaiyyat / Mahmud Ramyar & Leonard Binder -- Prayers of Shii imam & dua-i kumayl, religious rites, prayers, and supplications / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Diverse religious practices / Ayatollah Abu±l-Qasim Khu±i Mahmud Ayoub, E.G. Browne, Peter Chelkowski, Dwight Donaldson -- Jihad / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Shii education / Roy Mottahedeh -- Shii theology / W. Montgomery Watt, Allamah al-Hilli, & Khwajah Nasir al-Din Tusi -- Intellectual sciences and philosophy / Allamah Tabataba±i, Abd al-Razzaq Lahiji, & Muhsin Fayd Kashani -- Shii literature / Mahmud Ayoub, E.G. Browne, Peter Chelkowski, & Shaykh al-Mufid -- Shiism and art / Nader Ardalan & Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Shiism and the natural sciences and mathematics / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Continuity and change in the intellectual heritage / Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Allamah Tabataba±i, Sayyid Abu±l-Hasan Qazwini, Murtada Mutahhari, & Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Sadr. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 1999. Available via the World Wide Web. Available in multiple electronic file formats. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Shīʻah.
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Genre |
Electronic books. |
Added Author |
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.
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Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-
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Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza, 1960-
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NetLibrary, Inc.
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Related To |
Original 0887066895 (DLC) 87010258 (OCoLC)16130856 |
ISBN |
0585088608 (electronic bk.) |
OCLC # |
42856281 |
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