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Abstract: A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams should be the source of law, vs. those who held that rational study of scripture could yield worthy principles. (No mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í faiths.) Notes: Purchase online at tandfonline.com. On the Akhbaris and Usulis, see also Introduction to Shi'i Islam p. 117 and Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority. |
Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780:
The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered
by Juan Cole
published in Iranian Studies, 18:1, pages 3-341985 Winter
Download: cole_clerics_iraq_iran.pdf.
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