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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. |
The Consolation of Theology:
Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism
by Said Amir Arjomand
published in Journal of Religion, 76:4, pages 548-571University of Chicago, 1996
Download: arjomand_consolation_theology.pdf.
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