Western Studies of Shi‘i Islam
This paper will examine the historical study of Shi‘ism in the western academy and argue that until the last two decades, western scholarship looked at it primarily through a Sunni lens. This changed during the 1980s due to various socio-political factors, among them Iran’s Islamic revolution, Hizb...
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oai:doaj.org-article:72ba4736913c49c780ca056f483b2e082021-12-02T19:41:16ZWestern Studies of Shi‘i Islam10.35632/ajis.v33i2.9142690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/72ba4736913c49c780ca056f483b2e082016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/914https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This paper will examine the historical study of Shi‘ism in the western academy and argue that until the last two decades, western scholarship looked at it primarily through a Sunni lens. This changed during the 1980s due to various socio-political factors, among them Iran’s Islamic revolution, Hizbollah’s emergence in Lebanon, and the American invasion and occupation of Iraq, forced western scholars to look at it in different light. Consequently, they began to examine different facets of this branch of Islam, ranging from its concept of centralized authority during the Twelfth Imam’s Greater Occultation to liturgies, rituals, and political theory. Liyakat TakimInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 33, Iss 2 (2016) |
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This paper will examine the historical study of Shi‘ism in the
western academy and argue that until the last two decades, western
scholarship looked at it primarily through a Sunni lens. This
changed during the 1980s due to various socio-political factors,
among them Iran’s Islamic revolution, Hizbollah’s emergence in
Lebanon, and the American invasion and occupation of Iraq,
forced western scholars to look at it in different light. Consequently,
they began to examine different facets of this branch of
Islam, ranging from its concept of centralized authority during the
Twelfth Imam’s Greater Occultation to liturgies, rituals, and political
theory.
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