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The Making of Shia Ayatollahs is a uniformly balanced and scholarly but empathetic portrayal of the appearance, construction, and dynamism of Shia hawzas, aytollahs' attitudes and scholarship, and the meeting of faith, knowledge, and popularity in Shia Islam.
List of contents
Introduction
Part One: Nature and Structure
Chapter One: From Knowledge to Jurisprudence
Chapter Two: Madrasa, Hawza, and Hierarchy
Chapter Three: Ayatollah and Mujtahid
Chapter Four: Jurisprudence: Significance and Becoming
Chapter Five: Grand Ayatollahs, Marja'iyyah, and the Division of Imitated and Imitator
Part Two: Dynamism and Diversity
Chapter Six: Sec-centrism and Ecumenism
Chapter Seven: Sufism and Spirituality
Chapter Eight: Philosophy and Wisdom
Chapter Nine: Modernization and the West
Chapter Ten: Politics and Government
Chapter Eleven: Women
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
This book is the first one of its kind in Farsi.
Summary
The Making of Shia Ayatollahs is a uniformly balanced and scholarly but empathetic portrayal of the appearance, construction, and dynamism of Shia hawzas, aytollahs’ attitudes and scholarship, and the meeting of faith, knowledge, and popularity in Shia Islam.
