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The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi'i Islamic Tradition

The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi'i Islamic Tradition - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Aun Hasan Ali, Roy Mottahedeh (Editor)Series:Early and Medieval Islamic WorldPublish date:2023-07-13Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755639083ISBN-10:755639081UPC:9780755639083Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Islamic Studies, Middle EastBook Topic:IraqSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SC8HVJGF53
Against the background of long-standing narratives in which Twelver Shi'ism is viewed as fundamentally authoritarian, The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi'i Islamic Tradition builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies, Anthropology, and History to argue that Twelver Shi'ism is better understood as a discursive tradition. At a conceptual level, this solves the basic problem of how to integrate the extraordinary diversity of Twelver Shi'ism across time and space into a single historical category without engaging in a normative assessment of its underlying essence. Furthermore, in light of this conception of tradition, the School of Hillah stands out as a seminal period in the archive of Twelver Shi'ism, though it has seldom been recognized as such in European-language scholarship. Insofar as it gave birth to a conversation that would prove capable of encompassing the dynamism of Twelver Shi'ism, the School of Hillah should be considered the formative period of Twelver Shi'i tradition. Moreover, when the tradition is conceptualized in this manner, it is a bulwark against the very authoritarianism by which Twelver Shi'ism has been characterized for so long.
Language:EnglishPublisher:I. B. Tauris & CompanyISBN-13:9780755639083ISBN-10:755639081UPC:9780755639083Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Islamic Studies, Middle EastBook Topic:IraqSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.3316Product ID:SC8HVJGF53
Aun Hasan Ali is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, USA. He is the author of articles in peer-review journals such as Islamic Studies, Turkish Journal of Shiite Studies and has contributed to The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law and edited collections.
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company

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