The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity (Muslim Heritage)

Daftary, Farhad & Amyn B. Sajoo, Shainool Jiwa

ISBN 10: 1784534773 / ISBN 13: 9781784534776

Published by I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies, 2015

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2015. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. xvi & 390 pp. New. Dust Jacket is Like New. Seller Inventory # P011419

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Title: The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and ...

Publisher: I. B. Tauris In Association With The Institute Of Ismaili Studies

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies

The world's 200 million Shi'i Muslims express their faith in a multiplicity of ways, united by reverence for the ahl al-bayt, the family of the Prophet. In embracing a pluralistic ethic, fourteen centuries of Shi'i Islam have given rise to diverse traditions and practices across varied geographic and cultural landscapes. The Shi'i World is a comprehensive work authored by leading scholars from assorted disciplines, to provide a better understanding of how Shi'i communities view themselves and articulate their teachings. The topics range from Shi'i Islam's historical and conceptual foundations, formative figures and intellectual, legal and moral traditions, to its devotional practices, art and architecture, literature, music and cinema, as well as expressions and experiences of modernity. The book thus provides a panoramic perspective of the richly textured narratives that have shaped the social and moral universe of Shi'i Muslims around the globe.This fourth volume in the Muslim Heritage Series will appeal to specialists and general readers alike, as a timely resource on the prevailing complexities not only of the 'Muslim world', but also of the dynamic Shi'i diasporas of Europe and North America.

About the Authors:

Farhad Daftary is Governor and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK. He has written more than 200 articles and encyclopedia entries and several acclaimed books, including The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines (1990; 2nd ed., 2007), The Assassin Legends (1994), and A Short History of the Ismailis (1998). Daftary is a consulting editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica (for Ismailism), co-editor of the Encyclopaedia Islamica, and general editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series, the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series and the Shi'i Heritage Series published by I.B. Tauris.

Amyn B. Sajoo is Scholar-in-Residence at Simon Fraser University's Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures in Vancouver, Canada.

Shainool Jiwa is Associate Professor at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK. Her latest publication, The Fatimids: 2. The Rule from Egypt (2023), is a World of Islam series title, for which she also serves as the series General Editor. She is the author of The Fatimids: 1. The Rise of a Muslim Empire (2018), and co-editor of The Shi‘i World (2015), and The Fatimid Caliphate (2017). She has edited and translated key medieval Arabic texts relating to Fatimid history, including Towards a Shi‘i Mediterranean Empire (2009) and The Founder of Cairo (2013).