The heirs of the prophet
Subtitle: charisma and religious authority in Shi'ite Islam
By: Liyakatali N. Takim.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Shīʻah -- Government; Charisma (Personality trait) -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Temporal powers of religious rulers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The scholars are heirs of the prophets; title: The holy man in Islam; title: Routinization of charismatic authority : the Shi'i case; title: The office of charismatic authority: the functions of the rijal; title: Textual authority and the struggle for legitimacy in biographical texts; title: Conclusion.