Twelve Infallible Men : The Imams and the Making of Shi’ism / Matthew Pierce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pierce, Matthew, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic hagiography.

Imams (Shiites)--Biography--History and criticism.

Imams (Shiites).

Shīʻah.

Identification (Religion).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the tenth century Shi¿a scholars assembled accounts of twelve imams’ lives, portraying them as miracle workers who were betrayed. These biographies invoked shared cultural memories, shaped communal responses and ritual practices of mourning, and inspired Shi¿a identity and religious imagination for centuries to come, Matthew Pierce shows.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Dates and Transliteration

Prologue

1. Setting the Stage

2. Consolation for a Community

3. Betrayal and the Bound aries of Faithfulness

4. Vulnerable Bodies and Masculine Ideals

5. Entering the Cosmos

Epilogue

Appendix 1. The Fourteen Infallibles: A Quick Guide

Appendix 2. Collective Biographies of the Imams: A Genre Survey

Abbreviations

Notes

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780674969100

0674969103

9780674969087

0674969081

OCLC:

951028592