TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mavani,Hamid
TI  - Religious authority and political thought in Twelver Shi'ism: from Ali to post-Khomeini 
T2  - Routledge studies in political Islam
SN  - 9780415624404 :
AV  - BP166.94 .M28 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Imamate
KW  - Shīʻah
KW  - Doctrines
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index; The ethos of Shi'ism -- Approaches to the imamate: traditional, theological, philosophical, and mystical -- Mode of succession and imam's policy vis-à-vis the rulers -- Shi'i state models during the major occultation -- Khomeini's concept of governance and its critique -- The case for secularity in Islam: traditional and foundational ijtihad
ER  -