Shi'ism / / Heinz Halm.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Halm, Heinz,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys : NEIS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Editor's preface to second edition --; Foreword --; 1 The beginnings of the Shi'a --; 2 The Imāmiyya or Twelver Shi'a --; 3 The extreme Shi'a --; 4 The Ismā 'īliyya or Sevener Shi'a --; 5 The Zaydiyya --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474496995; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474496995
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Heinz Halm.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748618880);A new edition of Heinz Halm's comprehensive survey of all the Shi'ite groups. It traces the development of all the individual branches from their common origins to their current status in the modern world.The dogmatic and organisational development of each of the various branches of Shi'ism is discussed and is placed in the context of their particular history.Special attention is given to the emergence of the Imamite 'clergy' and the social and political role which has enabled them to establish a revolutionary regime in Iran, and each chapter contains an invaluable bibliography giving easy access to other books and original sources in translation.Key Featureseach branch of Shi'ism placed in its own historical contextbibliographies at the end of each chapter divided into primary and secondary sourcesincludes chapters on all varieties of Shi'ismNew edition contains new material on the Shi'a in Iraq and on the Iranian Revolution, and up-dated bibliographies"