(Part 2) Best products from r/shia
We found 20 comments on r/shia discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 79 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes
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22. Scripturalist Islam: The History and Doctrines of the Akhbari Shi'i School (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)
23. The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism: Islamic Reform in Iraq and Iran
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24. The Venture of Islam, Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam (His The venture of Islam ; v. 1)
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25. Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shi'Ite Islam: Abu Ja'Far Ibn Qiba Al-Razi and His Contribution to Imamite Shi'Ite Thought (English and Arabic Edition)
27. The Martyrs of Karbala: Shi'i Symbols and Rituals in Modern Iran
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28. The Formative Period of Twelver Shicism (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
30. The Charismatic Community: Shi'ite Identity in Early Islam (SUNY series in Islam)
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31. The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam
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32. Religion and State in Iran 1785-1906 : The Role of the Ulama in the Qajar Period.
33. Mysticism in Iran: The Safavid Roots of a Modern Concept (Studies in Comparative Religion)
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34. Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shi’ism
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36. The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran
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37. The Thread of Mu'awiya: The Making of a Marja' Taqlid
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Here's a list of the key books in the field that I'm familiar with (by name and general contents, I've only actually read a few of them). I'm mainly focusing on what is relevant to the study of Twelver Shi'ism; there aren't many English language books on Zaidism, as far as I'm aware, and for Isma'ilism you can start with the works of Farhad Daftary.
I'll start with important works providing an overview of the area, and then give a rough breakdown by "era" (I may be a bit off regarding the era, and many of these books straddle two or more eras, so be warned). This list does not emphasize geographic studies of Shi'ism in various areas and countries, and rather traces the "core narrative" of the development of Shi'i intellectual history, which is typically thought of as happening in what is now modern day Iran, Iraq, and (especially in the post-Mongol/pre-Safavid era) Lebanon, and to a lesser extent in Bahrain. Once you've read the initial works, you should have a good idea about what's going on in each era, and you can pick and choose what to read based on your interests.
If you have no background in general Islamic history, you should first pick up a book on that subject. Tamim Ansary's Destiny Disrupted is an accessible non-academic book on general Islamic history (with an entertaining audiobook read by the author). If you want something heavier and more academic, Marshall G.S. Hodgson's The Venture of Islam is the classic three-volume reference in the field of Islamic studies, although it's a bit dated, especially in the third volume (covering the so-called "Gunpowder Empires"). Note that the standard introductory text on Shi'ism has long been Moojan Momen's book An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism, but this book is now a bit dated. Heinz Halm also has some surveys, but I'm less familiar with these; likewise for the surveys of Farhad Daftary (who is better known for his work on Isma'ilism than general Shi'ism).
Surveys, Background, and Introduction
The Succession and the so-called "Rashidun" Era
The Imams and Early Shi'is in the Ummayid and `Abbasid Eras
The Buyid, Seljuq, and Mongol Eras
The Safavid Era and the Scholars of Jabal Amil
The Iranian Interregnum Era
The Qajar Era
The Contemporary Era / Miscellaneous
There are two books by Moojan Momen
Shi'i Islam: A Beginner's Guide
and
Introduction to Shi'i Islam
The first one is a relatively short book, but thorough. The second on is a VERY detailed and long book, and honestly still the best there is as far as I am concerned.
Of course neither of these are nearly as readable as Lesley Hazelton, who writes more like a novelist and less like an academic, so her writing is easier, albeit less packed with information. But where Hazelton gets you a great overview, Momen will give you amazing detail.
I'd love to! I don't read Farsi at all, unfortunately, and my Arabic is intermediate, so I'm generally limited to English (or French) translations as well. If you're interested in Shari'ati's more political writings and lectures, then there are four books that come to mind, ordered from most relevant or influential to least:
There are many other collections of Shari'ati's thought that have political connotations and implications (such as Jihad and Shahadat, a collection of essays and lectures by Shari'ati, Ayatullah Taleqani and Ayatullah Mutahhari which is definitely worth reading, Religion vs. Religion, a comparative and historical analysis of Islam in relation to other faith systems, and a dialogue with the thought of Muhammad Iqbal which is extremely interesting and even includes a contribution from Imam Khamene'i), but those four are where you want to look first to understand Dr. Shari'ati's political philosophy.