Reason, Esotericism, and Authority in Shiʿi Islam

by Edited by Rodrigo Adem, and Edmund Hayes, Georgetown University

This volume advances the critical study of exegetical, doctrinal, and political authority in Shiʿi Islam. Naive dichotomies of "reason" and "esotericism" in Islamic Studies have often marginalized Shiʿi thought or impeded its understanding. The studies presented here aim to foster more exacting frameworks for interpreting the diverse modes of rationality and esotericism in Twelver and Ismaili Shiʿism and the socio-epistemic values they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004464395
• ISBN13: 9789004464391
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"