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019			_a952675259
020			_a9780674737075 (cloth)
020			_a0674737075 (cloth)
035			_a(OCoLC)926061431 _z(OCoLC)952675259
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050	0	0	_aBP189.43 _b.P54 2016
082	0	0	_a297.8/20922 _223
100	1		_aPierce, Matthew, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTwelve infallible men : _bthe imams and the making of Shi'ism / _cMatthew Pierce.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2016.
300			_aix, 254 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The rift between Sunni and Shīʻah Muslims is one of the most salient divisions in the history of Islam. Twelve Infallible Men explores the role of stories in the development of a distinctly Shīʻah identity, demonstrating how accounts of saintly figures were popularized to meet the needs of a religious community. This analysis of Shīʻah narratives provides insight into the social and religious significance of stories of the imams, helping explain what made them worth preserving. This book examines a form of biography that emerged around the beginning of the tenth century CE, when Shīʻah scholars began compiling accounts of individual imams into works spanning the lives of all twelve holy figures. These collective biographies canonized particular versions of the lives and deaths of the imams, in the process constructing a sacred history. The themes and motifs found in these biographies reveal the concerns of Shīʻah Muslim communities in the medieval period. Shīʻah accounts of the imams' lives often differed significantly from those of their adversaries, reflecting an emotionally-charged conflict about issues of religious authority and legitimacy. The collective biographies imbued select memories of the imams' lives with religious significance, thereby demarcating communal boundaries in enduring ways. The stories inspired and entertained, but more importantly they offered consolation to a community searching for meaning at a new stage of history. They became the focal point of communal memory, inspiring Shīʻah religious imagination for centuries to come."--Provided by publisher.
505	0		_aSetting the stage -- Consolation for a community -- Betrayal and the boundaries of faithfulness -- Vulnerable bodies and masculine ideals -- Entering the cosmos.
650		0	_aIslamic hagiography.
650		0	_aImams (Shiites) _xBiography _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aShīʻah.
650		0	_aIdentification (Religion)
650		7	_aIdentification (Religion) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00966872
650		7	_aImams (Shiites) _xBiography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00967651
650		7	_aIslamic hagiography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00979946
650		7	_aShīʻah. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01117946
650		7	_aSchiiten _2gnd
650		7	_aReligiöse Identität _2gnd
650		7	_aImam _2gnd
650		7	_aBiografie _2gnd
650		7	_aHagiografie _2gnd
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
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