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The Consolation of Theology

Author	Said Amir Arjomand
Title of item	The Consolation of Theology
Subtitle of item	Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism
Volume	76:4
Pages	548-571
Parent publication	Journal of Religion
Publisher of this ed.	University of Chicago
Date of this edition	1996
Language	English
Permission	Fair use (see notes on copyright)
Posted	2021-04-30 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.org/arjomand_consolation_theology
Abstract	Overview of the Shi'i doctrine of occultation, or the "Hidden Imam," and how this idea evolved into a principle of salvation: historical background; hidden God / sealed prophecy; theodicy and law; rationalization. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
Notes	Purchase this paper online at journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jr/1996/76/4. Also later published in Sociology of Shi'ite Islam: collected essays (Brill, 2016). See also the author's Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation and Crisis of the Imamate and the Institution of Occultation in Twelver Shiism.
Tags	Hidden Imam; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Shiism; Twelfth Imam
Page views	803 hits since 2021-04-30
Last edited	2021-04-30 21:13 EDT. See previous versions [archive.org].

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