The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran : ideology and practice from the 1950s to the present /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Ronen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
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.