Sociology of Shi'ite Islam : : collected essays / / Said Amir Arjomand.

Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. Its bearers first emerged as a sectarian elite, then a hierocracy and finally a theocracy. Imamate, Occultation and the theodicy of martyrdom are identified as the main components of the Shiʻism as a world religion. I...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill., 2016.
c2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (498 pages)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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