Twelve infallible men :: the imams and the making of Shi'ism /
"The rift between Sunni and Shīʻah Muslims is one of the most salient divisions in the history of Islam. Twelve Infallible Men explores the role of stories in the development of a distinctly Shīʻah identity, demonstrating how accounts of saintly figures were popularized to meet the needs of a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The rift between Sunni and Shīʻah Muslims is one of the most salient divisions in the history of Islam. Twelve Infallible Men explores the role of stories in the development of a distinctly Shīʻah identity, demonstrating how accounts of saintly figures were popularized to meet the needs of a religious community. This analysis of Shīʻah narratives provides insight into the social and religious significance of stories of the imams, helping explain what made them worth preserving. This book examines a form of biography that emerged around the beginning of the tenth century CE, when Shīʻah scholars began compiling accounts of individual imams into works spanning the lives of all twelve holy figures. These collective biographies canonized particular versions of the lives and deaths of the imams, in the process constructing a sacred history. The themes and motifs found in these biographies reveal the concerns of Shīʻah Muslim communities in the medieval period. Shīʻah accounts of the imams' lives often differed significantly from those of their adversaries, reflecting an emotionally-charged conflict about issues of religious authority and legitimacy. The collective biographies imbued select memories of the imams' lives with religious significance, thereby demarcating communal boundaries in enduring ways. The stories inspired and entertained, but more importantly they offered consolation to a community searching for meaning at a new stage of history. They became the focal point of communal memory, inspiring Shīʻah religious imagination for centuries to come."--Provided by publisher. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Pierce, Matthew, author. Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / Matthew Pierce. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016. 1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file Includes bibliographical references and index. "The rift between Sunni and Shīʻah Muslims is one of the most salient divisions in the history of Islam. Twelve Infallible Men explores the role of stories in the development of a distinctly Shīʻah identity, demonstrating how accounts of saintly figures were popularized to meet the needs of a religious community. This analysis of Shīʻah narratives provides insight into the social and religious significance of stories of the imams, helping explain what made them worth preserving. This book examines a form of biography that emerged around the beginning of the tenth century CE, when Shīʻah scholars began compiling accounts of individual imams into works spanning the lives of all twelve holy figures. These collective biographies canonized particular versions of the lives and deaths of the imams, in the process constructing a sacred history. The themes and motifs found in these biographies reveal the concerns of Shīʻah Muslim communities in the medieval period. Shīʻah accounts of the imams' lives often differed significantly from those of their adversaries, reflecting an emotionally-charged conflict about issues of religious authority and legitimacy. The collective biographies imbued select memories of the imams' lives with religious significance, thereby demarcating communal boundaries in enduring ways. The stories inspired and entertained, but more importantly they offered consolation to a community searching for meaning at a new stage of history. They became the focal point of communal memory, inspiring Shīʻah religious imagination for centuries to come."--Provided by publisher. Setting the stage -- Consolation for a community -- Betrayal and the boundaries of faithfulness -- Vulnerable bodies and masculine ideals -- Entering the cosmos. Print version record. In English. Islamic hagiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002492 Imams (Shiites) Biography History and criticism. Shīʿah. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121390 Identification (Religion) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064143 Hagiographie islamique. Imāms (Chiites) Biographies Histoire et critique. Chiisme. Identification (Religion) RELIGION Islam General. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East General. bisacsh Identification (Religion) fast Imams (Shiites) Biography fast Islamic hagiography fast Shīʻah fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast has work: Twelve Infallible Men (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PD3Kw4b9kvdmj6VjXDBbdpP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Pierce, Matthew. Twelve infallible men. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016 9780674737075 (DLC) 2015040452 (OCoLC)926061431 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1243548 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Pierce, Matthew Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / Setting the stage -- Consolation for a community -- Betrayal and the boundaries of faithfulness -- Vulnerable bodies and masculine ideals -- Entering the cosmos. Islamic hagiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002492 Imams (Shiites) Biography History and criticism. Shīʿah. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121390 Identification (Religion) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064143 Hagiographie islamique. Imāms (Chiites) Biographies Histoire et critique. Chiisme. Identification (Religion) RELIGION Islam General. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East General. bisacsh Identification (Religion) fast Imams (Shiites) Biography fast Islamic hagiography fast Shīʻah fast |
| subject_GND | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002492 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121390 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064143 |
| title | Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / |
| title_auth | Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / |
| title_exact_search | Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / |
| title_full | Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / Matthew Pierce. |
| title_fullStr | Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / Matthew Pierce. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Twelve infallible men : the imams and the making of Shi'ism / Matthew Pierce. |
| title_short | Twelve infallible men : |
| title_sort | twelve infallible men the imams and the making of shi ism |
| title_sub | the imams and the making of Shi'ism / |
| topic | Islamic hagiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002492 Imams (Shiites) Biography History and criticism. Shīʿah. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121390 Identification (Religion) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064143 Hagiographie islamique. Imāms (Chiites) Biographies Histoire et critique. Chiisme. Identification (Religion) RELIGION Islam General. bisacsh HISTORY Middle East General. bisacsh Identification (Religion) fast Imams (Shiites) Biography fast Islamic hagiography fast Shīʻah fast |
| topic_facet | Islamic hagiography. Imams (Shiites) Biography History and criticism. Shīʿah. Identification (Religion) Hagiographie islamique. Imāms (Chiites) Biographies Histoire et critique. Chiisme. RELIGION Islam General. HISTORY Middle East General. Imams (Shiites) Biography Islamic hagiography Shīʻah Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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