The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran : ideology and practice from the 1950s to the present /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Part I. The spiritual background to the Imamate Shi'a
- Ithna A'shariyyah and the first half of the 20th century: 1. The story of the Shi'a
- 2. The revival of the Shi'a after the Qajars
- Part II. The Baha'i faith and the emergence of the Hojjatiyeh: 3. The Baha'i faith and its origins in Shi'a Islam and despair
- 4. The Hojjatiyeh Society
- Part III. Post-revolution era and the Hojjatiyeh as counter-revolutionaries movement: 5. Danger ahead
- challenging Khomeini
- 6. The evolution of extremism
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.