The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism by Zackery M Heern

The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism by Zackery M Heern

A challenging historical survey that questions the foundations of modern Islam

'Heern has done a great and of course difficult job'

* Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies *

'Many discussions of Islamic movements of renewal and reform pay insufficient attention to Shi'I reformers. Heern provides an important resource for correcting this imbalance…His discussions of the issues involved in the way Muslim movements define knowledge and authority…provide a basis for more comprehensive examinations of renewlaist thought'

* Journal of Islamic Studies *

'Many discussions of Islamic movements of renewal and reform pay insufficient attention to Shi’i reformers. Heern provides an important resource for correcting for this imbalance. His comparative analysis of the three eighteenth/nineteenth century movements provides a useful critical framework for this more inclusive coverage of Muslim renewal movements. His discussions of the issues involved in the way Muslim movements define knowledge and authority, both in the debates within Shi’ism and in comparison with the Sunni and Sufi approaches . . . provide a basis for more comprehensive examinations of renewalist thought.'

-- Professor John O. Voll, Georgetown University * Journal of Islamic Studies *

‘Heern... is primarily concerned with the Shias, Islam's second-largest denomination after the Sunnis. But he refreshingly teases out the parallels between the three movements, rather than their differences as most other commentators have done.’

* The Economist *

‘A challenging and thought-provoking read.’

* Religioscope *

Zackery M. Heern is a professor of Middle East and Islamic studies at Murray State University. His research and teaching interests include Shi‘ism, Iraq, Iran, Islamic Movements, and Global History. He lives in Murray, America.

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ISBN 13	9781780744964
ISBN 10	178074496X
Title	The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism
Author	Zackery M Heern
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oneworld Publications
Year published	2015-06-04
Number of pages	240
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