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The heirs of the prophet : charisma and religious authority in Shi'ite Islam / Liyakat N. Takim.
"After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, different religious factions within the Muslim community laid claim to the Prophet's legacy. Drawing on research from Sunni and Shi'ite literature, Liyakat N. Takim explores how these various groups, including the caliphs, scholars, Sufi holy men, and the Shi'ite imams and their disciples, competed to be the Prophetic heirs. The book also illustrates how the tradition of the "heirs of the Prophet" was often a polemical tool used by its bearers to demand obedience and loyalty from the Muslim community by imposing an authoritative rendition of texts, beliefs, and religious practices. The Heirs of the Prophet also provides a new understanding of textual authority in Islam by examining authority construction and the struggle for legitimacy evidenced in Islamic biographical dictionaries."--BOOK JACKET.
Item details
- ISBN: 0791467376 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780791467374 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xiv, 236 p., ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2006.
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-228) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ch. 1. "The scholars are heirs of the prophets" -- ch. 2. The holy man in Islam -- ch. 3. Routinization of charismatic authority : the Shi'i case -- ch. 4. The office of charismatic authority : the functions of the rijal -- ch. 5. Textual authority and the struggle for legitimacy in biographical texts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |