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The Most Learned of the Shia: The Institution of the Marja Taqlid: The Institution of the Marja'i Taqlid New Edition
Author(s): Linda S. Walbridge
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 30 Aug. 2001
- Edition: New
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780195137996
- ISBN-13: 9780195137996
Book Description
This collection of essays explores the nature of political and religious leadership in Shi'ism. Contributors look at a variety of critical historical periods--from medieval to modern--to reveal the social, political, and theological factors that have influenced the development of Shi'ite leadership.
