The Renaissance of Shi'i Islam: Facets of Thought and Practice

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Janis Esots (Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK) Dr Farhad Daftary (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)

The Renaissance of Shi'i Islam

Facets of Thought and Practice

Janis Esots (Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK), Dr Farhad Daftary (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)

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English

I.B. Tauris
20 October 2022

Middle Eastern history; Islamic & Arabic philosophy; Islamic studies

Series: Shi'i Heritage Series

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Institute of Ismaili Studies.

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies

The renaissance of Shi’i Islam began in the 9th/15th century when the Ismailis experienced the Anjudan revival and Twelver Shi’i traditions were also renewed. This renaissance gained further strength when the Safavids succeeded in establishing a state in the early decades of the 10th/16th century, making Ithna’ashari Shi’i Islam their official religion.

The chapters in this open access book represent the most recent scholarship on the intellectual and spiritual life of the age and discuss what prepared the ground for its appearance as well as its achievements. Although the political and artistic developments of the Safavid era of the 10th-12th/16th-18th centuries have been extensively studied, the complexities of the different groups, movements and strands of thought in the renaissance of Shi’i Islam still remain largely unexplored. The major themes that characterised the Shi’i renaissance are explored, including: popular reactions to messianic movements; the development of legal theories and concepts; the investigation of theological and philosophical problems, above all by the ‘School of Isfahan’; Shi’i-Sufi interactions and intra-Shi'i relations; the collection of Shi’i hadith and its application in Shi’i exegesis; and the interplay between political considerations and religious beliefs.

The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Edited by: Janis Esots (Institute of Ismaili Studies UK), Dr Farhad Daftary (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780755649440
ISBN 10: 0755649443
Series: Shi'i Heritage Series
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 20 October 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Farhad Daftary is Director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK and Head of its Department of Academic Research and Publications. He is a consulting editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica, co-editor of the Encyclopaedia Islamica, and has written and edited 25 books in the field of Ismaili studies, including The Isma’ili’s: Their History and Doctrines (1990; 2nd ed., 2007); The Assassin Legends (1994); A History of Shi’i Islam (2013); and The Ismaili Imams: A Biographical History (2021). Farhad Daftary’s books have been translated into Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Gujarati and numerous European languages. Janis Esots was an Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Latvia and a Research Associate at The Institute of Ismaili Studies (2013–2021). His research focused on Ismaili thought and the philosophical school of Isfahan (Mulla Sadra, Mir Damad and Rajab ‘Ali Tabrizi). He was the managing editor of Encyclopaedia Islamica and the editor of the Islamic Philosophy Yearbook Ishraq. Prior to his death in 2021, his monograph, Patterns of Wisdom in Safavid Iran: The Philosophical School of Isfahan and the Gnostic of Shiraz was published by the Institute of Ismaili Studies (2021).