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Reason, Esotericism, and Authority in Shiʿi Islam
Series: - Shii Islam: Texts and Studies, Volume: 2
This volume advances the critical study of exegetical, doctrinal, and political authority in ShiÊ¿i Islam. Naive dichotomies of âreasonâ and âesotericismâ in Islamic Studies have often marginalized ShiÊ¿i 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 ShiÊ¿ism and the socio-epistemic values they represent within Muslim discourse.
The volumeâs contributions highlight the cross-sectarian genealogy of early ShiÊ¿i esotericism; the rationale behind Fatimid Ismaili Quranic taÊ¿wÄ«l hermeneutics; the socio-political context of religious authority in nascent Twelver ShiÊ¿ism; authorial agency wielded by Imami hadith compilers; the position of esoteric ShiÊ¿i traditions in Timurid-era Ḥilla; and ShiÊ¿i-Sufi relations with UṣūlÄ« jurists in modern Iran.
Contributors: Rodrigo Adem, Alessandro Cancian, Edmund Hayes, Sajjad Rizvi, Tahera Qutbuddin, Paul Walker, George Warner
The volumeâs contributions highlight the cross-sectarian genealogy of early ShiÊ¿i esotericism; the rationale behind Fatimid Ismaili Quranic taÊ¿wÄ«l hermeneutics; the socio-political context of religious authority in nascent Twelver ShiÊ¿ism; authorial agency wielded by Imami hadith compilers; the position of esoteric ShiÊ¿i traditions in Timurid-era Ḥilla; and ShiÊ¿i-Sufi relations with UṣūlÄ« jurists in modern Iran.
Contributors: Rodrigo Adem, Alessandro Cancian, Edmund Hayes, Sajjad Rizvi, Tahera Qutbuddin, Paul Walker, George Warner
Rodrigo Adem (PhD University of Chicago, 2015), is assistant professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He specializes in classical Islamic intellectual history, both Shiʿi and Sunni, across the sectarian divide.
Edmund Hayes ( PhD University of Chicago, 2015) is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University. He works on early Islamic history, focusing on the intersection of intellectual developments and social and political dynamics. His research focuses on the institutions of the Imamate within the cosmopolitan cultures of early Islamic empires. He has written articles on tax and revenue collection, Imamic letters, Shiʿism compared with other groups in Islam, Christianity and Judaism. He has written articles on early Islamic articulations of concepts of cosmopolitanism, ethnicity, and gender, sexuality and the body in political thought.
Edmund Hayes ( PhD University of Chicago, 2015) is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University. He works on early Islamic history, focusing on the intersection of intellectual developments and social and political dynamics. His research focuses on the institutions of the Imamate within the cosmopolitan cultures of early Islamic empires. He has written articles on tax and revenue collection, Imamic letters, Shiʿism compared with other groups in Islam, Christianity and Judaism. He has written articles on early Islamic articulations of concepts of cosmopolitanism, ethnicity, and gender, sexuality and the body in political thought.
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Abbreviations Employed
Introduction: On the Use and Abuse of Reason and Esotericism in Islamic Studies
âRodrigo Adem and Edmund Hayes
1 Early Ismailism and the Gates of Religious Authority: Genealogizing the Theophanic Secret of Early Esoteric Shiʿism
âRodrigo Adem
2 The Imam Who Might Have Been: JaÊ¿far âthe Liarâ between Political Realism and Esoterist Idealism
âEdmund Hayes
3 Explaining Prayer: Hadith and Esotericism in al-Shaykh al-á¹¢adÅ«qâs Ê¿Ilal al-SharÄʾiÊ¿
âGeorge Warner
4 The Doctrine of TaâʾwÄ«l in Fatimid Ismaili Texts
âPaul Walker
5 Principles of Fatimid Symbolic Interpretation (TaâʾwÄ«l): An Analysis Based on the MajÄlis Muʾayyadiyya of al-Muʾayyad al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ« (d. 470/1078)
âTahera Qutbuddin
6 Esoteric ShiÊ¿i Islam in the Later School of al-Ḥilla: WalÄya and Apocalypticism in al-Ḥasan b. SulaymÄn al-ḤillÄ« (d. after 1399) and Rajab al-BursÄ« (d. c. 1411)
âSajjad Rizvi
7 Sufi Mysticism and Uṣūlī Shiʿism: Practical Authority in Modern Iranian Shiʿi Sufism
âAlessandro Cancian
Index
Abbreviations Employed
Introduction: On the Use and Abuse of Reason and Esotericism in Islamic Studies
âRodrigo Adem and Edmund Hayes
1 Early Ismailism and the Gates of Religious Authority: Genealogizing the Theophanic Secret of Early Esoteric Shiʿism
âRodrigo Adem
2 The Imam Who Might Have Been: JaÊ¿far âthe Liarâ between Political Realism and Esoterist Idealism
âEdmund Hayes
3 Explaining Prayer: Hadith and Esotericism in al-Shaykh al-á¹¢adÅ«qâs Ê¿Ilal al-SharÄʾiÊ¿
âGeorge Warner
4 The Doctrine of TaâʾwÄ«l in Fatimid Ismaili Texts
âPaul Walker
5 Principles of Fatimid Symbolic Interpretation (TaâʾwÄ«l): An Analysis Based on the MajÄlis Muʾayyadiyya of al-Muʾayyad al-ShÄ«rÄzÄ« (d. 470/1078)
âTahera Qutbuddin
6 Esoteric ShiÊ¿i Islam in the Later School of al-Ḥilla: WalÄya and Apocalypticism in al-Ḥasan b. SulaymÄn al-ḤillÄ« (d. after 1399) and Rajab al-BursÄ« (d. c. 1411)
âSajjad Rizvi
7 Sufi Mysticism and Uṣūlī Shiʿism: Practical Authority in Modern Iranian Shiʿi Sufism
âAlessandro Cancian
Index
Scholars and students of Shiʿism and Islamic studies