Walāya in the Formative Period of Shi'ism and Sufism: A Comparative Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781032432496 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str.

Shayesteh Ghofrani

Opis

Focused on Shi’ism and Sufism in the formative period of Islam, this book examines the development of the concept of walāya, a complex term that has, over time, acquired a wide range of relationships with other theological ideas, chiefly in relation to the notion of authority.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Walāya in Formative Shi’ism  2. Development of Walāya in Formative Shi’ism  3. Walāya in Formative Sufism  4. Development of Walāya in Formative Sufism  5. A Comparative Study of Walāya in Shi’ism and Sufism  Conclusion

O autorze

Shayesteh Ghofrani is an independent scholar. After completing her Masters in Continental Philosophy, she received her PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter and continued with a postdoc at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in the UK. Her research interests include the formative period of Islamic history with a focus on Shi’ism and Sufism.