Twelve Infallible Men
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam, History, Middle East, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Matthew Pierce | ISBN: | 9780674969100 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 13, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Matthew Pierce |
| ISBN: | 9780674969100 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 13, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
In the tenth century Shiˀa scholars assembled accounts of twelve imams’ lives, portraying them as miracle workers who were betrayed. These biographies invoked shared cultural memories, shaped communal responses and ritual practices of mourning, and inspired Shiˀa identity and religious imagination for centuries to come, Matthew Pierce shows.
In the tenth century Shiˀa scholars assembled accounts of twelve imams’ lives, portraying them as miracle workers who were betrayed. These biographies invoked shared cultural memories, shaped communal responses and ritual practices of mourning, and inspired Shiˀa identity and religious imagination for centuries to come, Matthew Pierce shows.
