The Shi'i world : pathways in tradition and modernity - Daftary, Farhad; Sajoo, Amyn B.; Jiwa, Shainool; Institute of Ismaili Studies (London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2015)
1. Introduction / Farhad Daftary, Amyn B. Sajoo and Shainool Jiwa -- 2. Remembering Muhammad / Omid Safi -- 3. Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq and the elaboration of Shi'ism / Karim Douglas Crow -- Legal traditions / Andrew J. Newman -- Intellectual traditions / Paul E. Walker -- Governance and pluralism under the Fatimids (909-996 C.E.) / Shainool Jiwa -- 7. Moral authority in the Safawid state / Rula J. Abisaab -- 8. Devotional practices / Ali S. Asani -- 9. Shii communities in history / Farhad Daftary -- 10. Remembering Fatima and Zaynab: gender in perspective / Zayn Kassam and Bridget Blomfield -- Art and architecture / Jonathan M. Bloom -- 12. Literature / Eric Ormsby -- 13. Music / William Sumit -- 14. Shiism in Iranian Cinema / Nacim pak-Shiraz -- 15. Diasporas / Zulfiqar Hirji and Karen Ruffle -- Modernity: the ethcs of identity / Amyn B. Sajoo.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Shiites -- History; Shi'ah -- History