Twelve Infallible Men (Hardcover)

Matthew Pierce

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2016

0674737075 / 9780674737075

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Hardcover. A millennium ago, Baghdad was the capital of one of history's greatest civilizations. A new Islamic era was under way. Yet despite the profound cultural achievements, many Muslims felt their society had gone astray. Shia Muslims challenged the dominant narrative of Islamic success with stories of loss. Faithful Muslims have long debated whether Sunni caliphs or Shia imams were the true heirs of the Prophet Muhammad. More influential has been the way Muslim communities remembered those disputes through stories that influenced how to think and feel about them, Matthew Pierce argues.Twelve Infallible Men focuses on the role of narratives of the imams in the development of a distinct Shia identity. During the tenth century, at a critical juncture in Islamic history, a group of scholars began assembling definitive works containing accounts of the twelve imams' lives. These collective biographies constructed a sacred history, portraying the imams as strong, beautiful, learned, and pious. Miracles surrounded their birth, and they became miracle workers in turn, but were nevertheless betrayed and martyred by enemies.These biographies inspired and entertained, but more importantly they offered a meaningful narrative of history for Muslims who revered the imams. The accounts invoked shared memories and shaped communal responses and ritual practices of grieving. Mourning the imams' tragic fates helped nascent Shia communities resist the pressure to forget their story. The biographies of the imams became a focal point of cultural memory, inspiring Shia religious imagination for centuries to come. In the tenth century Shia 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 Shia identity and religious imagination for centuries to come, Matthew Pierce shows. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Twelve Infallible Men (Hardcover)
Autore
Matthew Pierce
Editore
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass
Anno di pubblicazione
2016
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0674737075
ISBN 13
9780674737075

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