Roman Catholics & Shiʻi Muslims
Subtitle: prayer, passion, & politics
By: James A. Bill & John Alden Williams
Contributors: Williams, John Alden
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Relations -- Islam; Catholic Church. -- Relations -- Islam; Catholic Church. -- Relations -- Shi'ah; Catholic Church -- Relations -- Shīʻah; Shīʻah -- Relations -- Catholic Church; Islam -- Relations -- Catholic Church
Other titles: Roman Catholics and Shiʻi Muslims
Description: "The authors of this book reveal a number of interesting linkages between Roman Catholicism and Twelver Shi'ism. They compare the histories of the two faiths, consider parallels between important figures in each, and high-light the doctrinal, structural, and sociopolitical similarities they share. The authors also discuss the importance of a holy family and divine law in both traditions.".

"The book helps explain the essence of both traditions while enriching our understanding of each.

It wrestles with issues such as the relationship between God and humanity, the continuum between life and death, the tension between war and peace, the gaps between rich and poor, the significance of religious ceremony, the role of redemptive suffering, the relationship between religion and politics, and the role that religious systems such as Catholicism and Shi'ism can play in addressing the problems of a world in the midst of fundamental transformation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-177) and index
Table of contents: title: Roman Catholicism and Twelver Shiʻism; title: The story of the people of the house; title: Sacred actors and intercessors; title: Redemptive suffering and martyrdom; title: Catholic mystics and Islamic Sufis: the confluence of experience; title: Law and state; title: Authority, justice, and the modern polity