Political thought in contemporary Shi'a Islam : Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din / Farah W. Kawtharani.

This book offers an intellectual history of one of the leading Shi'i thinkers and religious leaders of the 20th-century in Lebanon, Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din. The author examines his role as the foremost figure of Shi'i intellectual life, a key associate of Musa al-Sadr, and presi...

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Main Author: Kawtharani, Farah W. (Author)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Middle East today.
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Online Access:Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2020 English/International

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