Sociology of Shiʿite Islam: Collected Essays

by Said Amir Arjomand

Sociology of Shiʿite Islam is a comprehensive study of the development of Shiʿism. In these collected essays Arjomand has persistently developed a Weberian theoretical framework for the analysis of Shiʿism, from its sectarian formation in the eighth century through the establishment of the Safavid empire in the sixteenth century, to the Islamic revolution in Iran in the twentieth century. The bearers or cultural carriers of Shiʿite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004380477
• ISBN13: 9789004380479
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"