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  1. Publications
  2. Al-Qalam
  3. Volume 1
  4. Vol. 1, No. 3

Al-Qalam Journal of Advanced Islamic Research

Vol. 1, No. 3

Three articles on Twelver historiography, the role of intellect in Imāmī jurisprudence and Qurʾanic environmental stewardship; two research notes; and two book reviews.

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Contents

Articles

  • 11–91

    From Ithnā-ʿAshariyya to Western Academia: Twelver Reactions to Historical Studies of the Formation of Twelver Doctrine

    Habib Mazahir and Syed Ali Naqi Zaidi

  • 93–118

    The Role of Intellect in the Perspective of Imāmī Jurists

    Saeid Sobhani

  • 119–149

    Divine Stewards of the Earth: Spiritual Ecology in the Qurʾanic Narratives of Prophets

    Mohammed Ali Ismail

Research Notes

  • 151–180

    Notes on the Authenticity of Duʿāʾ al-Tawassul, with a New English Translation

    Shaykh Jādullāh Tawfīq Aḥmad

  • 181–195

    The Theory of the Imams Being 'Righteous Scholars' (ʿUlamāʾ Abrār) Has No Historical Basis: A Response to Mohsen Kadivar

    Hassan Ansari

Reviews

  • 199–203

    The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World

    Aula Hariri

  • 205–209

    Crises and Conversions: The Unlikely Avenues of "Italian Shiism"

    Mahboobeh Hami

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