Ata Anzali

Mysticism in Iran

The Safavid Roots of a Modern Concept

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Produktbeschreibung

An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781611178074
• ISBN-10: 161117807X
• Artikelnr.: 48141734

Autorenporträt

Ata Anzali is an assistant professor of religion at Middlebury College. After undergoing extensive training in traditional Islamic disciplines in Shi�i seminaries of Iran, he moved to the United States and received his Ph.D. in religion from Rice University in 2012. In addition to a number of publications in Persian, his most recent publications in English include two co-authored books: Opposition to Philosophy in Safavid Iran and Comparing Religions: Coming to Terms.