تاریخ انتشار: ۰۷-۰۹-۱۳۹۳
تاریخ اعـتـبار: ۱۵-۱۰-۱۳۹۳
University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium: “The Practical Authority of the Imams and their Representatives”
Date of Symposium: April 3rd-4th, 2015
The theoretical authority of the Imam in Shiʿism has been addressed as a question of intellectual history by numerous articles and monographs over the course of the last century. Polemics over the nature of the Imamate provide rich sources for such questions, leading back to the very earliest years of Islam. However, it remains far more difficult to study the question of the practical efficacy of the Imam’s authority, and those who wielded it in his name. This symposium seeks to draw together research that addresses both the intellectual conceptualization of authority with the question of the practical authority of the Imam and his various representatives. We welcome contributions from scholars working from any relevant scholarly perspective, including social, intellectual and political history, anthropology, political science, literature, and religious studies. بیشتر بخوانید