In contemporary settings, the term, Sh+???ism, is primarily used to refer to three extant Sh+???ite sects, Zaydism, Ism???+lism and Twelverism. However, a careful review of earlier historical, biographical and heresiographical sources will reveal the existence of a diverse mosaic of early Sh+???ite sects and schools that once flourished and later became extinct due to various socio-political reasons. Later Twelver and, to a lesser extent, Zayd+ and Ism???+l+ hegemony in the Sh+???ite realm has undermined and ...
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In contemporary settings, the term, Sh+???ism, is primarily used to refer to three extant Sh+???ite sects, Zaydism, Ism???+lism and Twelverism. However, a careful review of earlier historical, biographical and heresiographical sources will reveal the existence of a diverse mosaic of early Sh+???ite sects and schools that once flourished and later became extinct due to various socio-political reasons. Later Twelver and, to a lesser extent, Zayd+ and Ism???+l+ hegemony in the Sh+???ite realm has undermined and overshadowed the legacy of many earlier Sh+???ite schools and movements that often disagreed with the extant Sh+???ite schools on a variety of subjects. Furthermore, some of the extinct schools should not necessarily be regarded as independent sects; rather, they may prove to be multifactedly related to the extant Sh+???ite sects. This concise book seeks to provide a brief visualized overview of the divergence of Sh+???ite sects with respect to the imamate, one of the core subjects of Sh+???ism as a whole. It includes a set of diagrams that outline the divergence (and occasional convergence) of early Sh+???ite schools with respect to the imamate. Attempting to thoroughly summarize and visualize multifaceted and intricate theological disputes in flow diagrams is a difficult (and perhaps impossible) task, and this work accordingly is bound by various limitations. The diagrams in this book are not meant to be the be-all-and-end-all of research on this topic. To the contrary, they are intended to be mere gateways into further research and inquiry on the history, development and relationships of early Sh+???ite schools.
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