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dc.contributor.editorEsots, Janis
dc.contributor.editorDaftary, Farhad
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-14T14:55:15Z
dc.date.available2022-10-14T14:55:15Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifierONIX_20221014_9780755649464_199
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58868
dc.description.abstractThe renaissance of Shi’i Islam began in the 9th/15th century when the Ismailis experienced the Anjudan revival and Twelver Shi’i traditions were also renewed. This renaissance gained further strength when the Safavids succeeded in establishing a state in the early decades of the 10th/16th century, making Ithna’ashari Shi’i Islam their official religion. The chapters in this open access book represent the most recent scholarship on the intellectual and spiritual life of the age and discuss what prepared the ground for its appearance as well as its achievements. Although the political and artistic developments of the Safavid era of the 10th-12th/16th-18th centuries have been extensively studied, the complexities of the different groups, movements and strands of thought in the renaissance of Shi’i Islam still remain largely unexplored. The major themes that characterised the Shi’i renaissance are explored, including: popular reactions to messianic movements; the development of legal theories and concepts; the investigation of theological and philosophical problems, above all by the ‘School of Isfahan’; Shi’i-Sufi interactions and intra-Shi'i relations; the collection of Shi’i hadith and its application in Shi’i exegesis; and the interplay between political considerations and religious beliefs. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Institute of Ismaili Studies.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesShi'i Heritage Series
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communitiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PG Relating to religious groups::5PGP Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groupsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHK Islamic and Arab philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern historyen_US
dc.subject.otherMiddle Eastern history
dc.subject.otherIslamic groups: Shi’ah, Shi’ite
dc.subject.otherSocial groups: religious groups and communities
dc.titleThe Renaissance of Shi'i Islam
dc.title.alternativeFacets of Thought and Practice
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b
oapen.relation.isbn9780755649464
oapen.relation.isbn9780755649457
oapen.imprintI.B. Tauris
oapen.pages424
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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