Title The heirs of the prophet : charisma and religious authority in Shi'ite Islam / Liyakat N. Takim.

Publication Info.	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (xiv, 236 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
Contents	The scholars are heirs of the prophets -- The holy man in Islam -- Routinization of charismatic authority : the Shi'i case -- The office of charismatic authority: the functions of the rijal -- Textual authority and the struggle for legitimacy in biographical texts -- Conclusion.
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Subject	Shīʻah -- Government.
	Shīʻah -- Government.
	Shīʻah.
	Charisma (Personality trait) -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
	Charisma (Personality trait) -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
	Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
	Authority -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
	Temporal power of religious rulers.
	Temporal power of religious rulers.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Takim, Liyakatali, 1957- Heirs of the prophet. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006 0791467376 (DLC) 2005014626 (OCoLC)60500160
ISBN	1429405120 (electronic book)
	9781429405126 (electronic book)
	0791481913
	9780791481912
	0791467376 (hardcover alkaline paper)
	9780791467374
	9780791481912