Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History: Reading Ibn ʿArabī’s Theory of Wilāya in the Shīʿa World

Chamankhah, Leila

This book is a study of the concept of wilāya and its developments among Shīʿī scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations of wilāya through the examination and interpretation of key texts. She focuses on the influence of ibn ʿArabī’s mysticism, with regard to the conception of wilāya, on his Shīʿa successors and expositors in later centuries.  She also discusses the development and transformation of the conception of wilāya over two hundred years, from the esoteric school of Shaykhīsm to the politicization of wilāya in the theory of wilāyat al-faqīh.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2019-09-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030226916

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22692-3

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 288