Shi’ite Islam: Orthodoxy Or Heterodoxy? Second Amended and Amplified Edition

Author: Luis Alberto Vittor

Translator: John Andrew Morrow

Publisher: Ansariyan Publications - Qum

This book addresses many essential issues concerning the split between the followers of Ahlul Bayt and the followers of Ahlul Sunnah. Transcending the historical, the author focuses on historical aspects in the genesis of adherence, stressing the esoteric foundation of Shi’s Islam, as opposed to the exoteric foundation of Sunni Islam which forces its followers to find spirituality in various Sufi orders.

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Chapters

  1. Dedication
  2. About the Author
  3. About the Translator, Editor, and Annotator
  4. Exordium
  5. Opening Remarks: The Foundations of Islamic Unity
  6. Foreword by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
  7. Commendatory Preface by Barbara Castelton
  8. Translator’s Preface
  9. Acknowledgments and Observations
  10. Genesis of the Work
  11. Author’s Preface
  12. Introduction: The Issue at Hand
  13. Chapter 1: Towards a Definition of Heterodoxy in Islam
  14. Chapter 2: Towards a Definition of Shi‘ism
  15. Chapter 3: al-Ijma‘ or Scholarly Consensus, An Accepted Method for Controlling Heresy?
  16. Chapter 4: The Infallible Divine Authority, Source of Law and Doctrine in Islamic ijma‘
  17. Chapter 5: Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
  18. Chapter 6: The Caliphate at a Crossroads, Abu Bakr and the Collusion of the Powerful Classes
  19. Chapter 7: Prophethood and Imamate, Two Inseparable Metaphysical Realities
  20. Chapter 8: The Wilayah
  21. Chapter 9: The Imamate, The Esoteric Inheritance or the Batin of the Prophet
  22. Conclusions
  23. Bibliography

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