An Introduction to Shi‘i Islam

An Introduction to Shi‘i Islam  (1985) by Moojan Momen The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi‘ism

Contents

Foreword by Prof. Alessandro Bausani
Preface
Glossary

1. An Outline of the Life of Muhammad and the Early History of Islam
2. The Question of the Succession to Muhammad
3. The Lives of the Imams and Early Divisions among the Shi‘is
4. Early History of Shi‘i Islam, AD 632-1000
5. Shi‘i Islam in the Medieval Period, AD 1000-1500
6. Shi‘i Islam in Modern Times, AD 1500-1900
7. The Imamate
8. The Twelfth Imam, His Occultation and Return
9. Doctrines, Ritual Practices and Social Transactions
10. Shi‘i Jurisprudence and the Religious Hierarchy
11. Sufism, ‘Irfān and Ḥikma
12. Schools within Twelver Shi‘ism
13. The Popular Religion
14. Contemporary Shi‘ism

Appendix I A Chronology of Political and Religious Events in Shi‘i History
Appendix II Shi‘i Dynasties
Appendix III Biographies of Prominent Ulama
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index