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The Charismatic Community examines the rise and development of Shi>ite religious identity in early Islamic history, analyzing the complex historical and intellectual processes that shaped the sense of individual and communal religious vocation. The book reveals the profound and continually evolving connection between the spiritual ideals of the Shi>ite movement and the practical processes of community formation. Author Maria Massi Dakake traces the Qurite Imam, >Ali b. Abi Talib. Dakake argues that walaµyah pertains not only to the charisma of the Shi>ite leadership and devotion to them, but also to solidarity and loyalty among the members of the community itself. She also looks at the ways in which doctrinal developments reflected and served the practical needs of the Shi>ite community, the establishment of identifiable boundaries and minimum requirements of communal membership, the meaning of women’s affiliation and identification with the Shi>ite movement, and Shi>ite efforts to engender a more normative and less confrontational attitude toward the non-Shi>ite Muslim community.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. The Charismatic Community
  2. p. iii
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. List of Abbreviations
  2. p. xi
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  1. Author’s Note
  2. p. xii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-12
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  1. PART I. The Principle of Walayah and the Origins of the Community
  1. 1. Walayah in the Islamic Tradition
  2. pp. 15-31
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  1. 2. The Ghadir Khumm Tradition
  2. pp. 33-48
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  1. 3. Walayah, Authority, and Religious Community in the First Civil War
  2. pp. 49-69
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  1. 4. The Shite Community in the Aftermath of the First Civil War
  2. pp. 71-99
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  1. Part II. Walayah, Faith, and the Charismatic Nature of Shiite Identity
  1. 5. Walayah as the Essence of Religion
  2. pp. 103-123
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  1. 6.Membership in the Shiite Community and Salvation
  2. pp. 125-139
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  1. 7. Predestination and the Mythological Origins of Shiite Identity
  2. pp. 141-155
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  1. 8. The Charismatic Nature and Spiritual Distinction of the Shiites
  2. pp. 157-174
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  1. Part III. Creating a Community within a Community
  1. 9. Shiites and Non-Shiites
  2. pp. 177-189
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  1. 10. Degrees of Faith
  2. pp. 191-211
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  1. 11. “Rarer than Red Sulfur”
  2. pp. 213-235
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  1. 12. Perforated Boundaries
  2. pp. 237-251
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 253-300
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 301-311
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 313-323
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