The Conceptualization of Guardianship in Iranian Intellectual History (1800-1989): Reading Ibn arab 's Theory of Wil ya in the Sh a World
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This book is a study of the concept of wil ya and its developments among Sh scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations of wil ya through the examination and interpretation of key texts. She focuses on the influence of ibn Arab 's mysticism, with regard to the conception of wil ya , on his Sh a successors and expositors in later centuries. She also discusses the development and transformation of the conception of wil ...
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This book is a study of the concept of wil ya and its developments among Sh scholars from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Leila Chamankhah addresses a number of issues by delving into the conceptualizations of wil ya through the examination and interpretation of key texts. She focuses on the influence of ibn Arab 's mysticism, with regard to the conception of wil ya , on his Sh a successors and expositors in later centuries. She also discusses the development and transformation of the conception of wil ya over two hundred years, from the esoteric school of Shaykh sm to the politicization of wil ya in the theory of wil yat al-faq h.
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