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Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation

Author	Said Amir Arjomand
Title of item	Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation
Subtitle of item	Imami Shiʿism Circa 280-290 A. H./900 A. D.
Volume	117:1
Pages	74-95
Parent publication	Journal of the American Oriental Society
Date of this edition	1997
Language	English
Permission	Fair use (see notes on copyright)
Posted	2021-04-30 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/arjomand_imam_absconditus
Abstract	Examination of the end of the 9th century and events following the death of the eleventh Imam, and the formal beginnings of the doctrine of the "hidden" twelfth Imam. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Notes	Also later published in Sociology of Shi'ite Islam: collected essays (Brill, 2016). See also the author's Consolation of Theology: Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism and Crisis of the Imamate and the Institution of Occultation in Twelver Shiism.
Tags	Hidden Imam; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Shiism; Twelfth Imam
Page views	630 hits since 2021-04-30
DOI	dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004326279_005. Query Digital Object Identifiers at CrossRef.org, and read more at doi.org.
Last edited	2021-05-18 01:41 EST. See previous versions [archive.org].

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