000867647 000__ 03988cam\a2200505Ki\4500 000867647 001__ 867647 000867647 005__ 20210515163150.0 000867647 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000867647 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000867647 008__ 190530s2016\\\\mau\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000867647 019__ $$a958448047$$a960999432$$a962788206$$a964383525$$a965415495$$a979778326$$a992856626$$a1058340697 000867647 020__ $$a9780674969087$$q(electronic book) 000867647 020__ $$a0674969081$$q(electronic book) 000867647 020__ $$z9780674737075 000867647 020__ $$z0674737075 000867647 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674969087$$2doi 000867647 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn951028592 000867647 035__ $$a(OCoLC)951028592$$z(OCoLC)958448047$$z(OCoLC)960999432$$z(OCoLC)962788206$$z(OCoLC)964383525$$z(OCoLC)965415495$$z(OCoLC)979778326$$z(OCoLC)992856626$$z(OCoLC)1058340697 000867647 035__ $$a867647 000867647 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dOCLCO$$dEBLCP$$dYDXCP$$dJSTOR$$dOCLCO$$dDEBBG$$dIDB$$dVLB$$dUAB$$dDEBSZ$$dIOG$$dDEGRU$$dSNK$$dOCLCQ$$dINT$$dOTZ$$dAU@$$dOCLCQ$$dLEAUB 000867647 049__ $$aISEA 000867647 050_4 $$aBP189.43$$b.P54 2016eb 000867647 08204 $$a297.8/20922$$223 000867647 1001_ $$aPierce, Matthew,$$eauthor. 000867647 24510 $$aTwelve infallible men :$$bthe imams and the making of Shi'ism /$$cMatthew Pierce. 000867647 264_1 $$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2016. 000867647 300__ $$a1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) 000867647 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000867647 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000867647 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000867647 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 000867647 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000867647 5050_ $$aSetting the stage -- Consolation for a community -- Betrayal and the boundaries of faithfulness -- Vulnerable bodies and masculine ideals -- Entering the cosmos. 000867647 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000867647 520__ $$a"The rift between Sunni and Shīʻah Muslims is one of the most salient divisions in the history of Islam. Twelve Infallible Men explores the role of stories in the development of a distinctly Shīʻah identity, demonstrating how accounts of saintly figures were popularized to meet the needs of a religious community. This analysis of Shīʻah narratives provides insight into the social and religious significance of stories of the imams, helping explain what made them worth preserving. This book examines a form of biography that emerged around the beginning of the tenth century CE, when Shīʻah scholars began compiling accounts of individual imams into works spanning the lives of all twelve holy figures. These collective biographies canonized particular versions of the lives and deaths of the imams, in the process constructing a sacred history. The themes and motifs found in these biographies reveal the concerns of Shīʻah Muslim communities in the medieval period. Shīʻah accounts of the imams' lives often differed significantly from those of their adversaries, reflecting an emotionally-charged conflict about issues of religious authority and legitimacy. The collective biographies imbued select memories of the imams' lives with religious significance, thereby demarcating communal boundaries in enduring ways. The stories inspired and entertained, but more importantly they offered consolation to a community searching for meaning at a new stage of history. They became the focal point of communal memory, inspiring Shīʻah religious imagination for centuries to come."--Provided by publisher. 000867647 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000867647 650_0 $$aIslamic hagiography. 000867647 650_0 $$aImams (Shiites)$$vBiography$$xHistory and criticism. 000867647 650_0 $$aShīʻah. 000867647 650_0 $$aIdentification (Religion) 000867647 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aPierce, Matthew.$$tTwelve infallible men.$$dCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016$$z9780674737075$$w(DLC) 2015040452$$w(OCoLC)926061431 000867647 852__ $$bcoll 000867647 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000867647 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1243548$$zOnline Access 000867647 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:867647$$pGLOBAL_SET 000867647 980__ $$aEBOOK 000867647 980__ $$aBIB 000867647 982__ $$aEbook 000867647 983__ $$aOnline 000867647 994__ $$a92$$bISE