From the Civil War in Lebanon to the Iranian Revolution of 1978-79, from the dismantling of the Ba'athist regime in Iraq to the virtual splintering of the count

The Charismatic Community examines the rise and development of Shiite religious identity in early Islamic history, analyzing the complex historical and intellec

This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.

Surveys the landscape of modern sectarianism within Islam in North Africa and the Middle East.

Annotation By providing a new framework for understanding Shi'ite national politics in Lebanon, Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr recasts the relationship between rel