The Shadow of God and the Hidden Imam
Religion, Political Order, and Societal Change in Shi'ite Iran from the Beginning to 1890| By: | Saïd Amir Arjomand |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780226027821 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780226924809 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1984 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Dismissing oversimplified and politically charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy.