Twelve Infallible Men

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam, History, Middle East, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Matthew Pierce ISBN: 9780674969100
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: June 13, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Matthew Pierce
ISBN: 9780674969100
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: June 13, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

In the tenth century Shiˀa scholars assembled accounts of twelve imams’ lives, portraying them as miracle workers who were betrayed. These biographies invoked shared cultural memories, shaped communal responses and ritual practices of mourning, and inspired Shiˀa identity and religious imagination for centuries to come, Matthew Pierce shows.

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In the tenth century Shiˀa scholars assembled accounts of twelve imams’ lives, portraying them as miracle workers who were betrayed. These biographies invoked shared cultural memories, shaped communal responses and ritual practices of mourning, and inspired Shiˀa identity and religious imagination for centuries to come, Matthew Pierce shows.

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