TY  - JOUR
ID  - 1727
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/arjomand_crisis_imamate
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Crisis of the Imamate and the Institution of Occultation in Twelver Shiism, The: A Sociohistorical Perspective
T2  - 
JF  - International Journal of Middle East Studies
JA  - 
A1  - Arjomand,Said Amir
A2  - 
A3  - 
Y1  - 1996/11
Y2  - 
VL  - 28
IS  - 4
SP  - 491
EP  - 515
M2  - 
PB  - 
CY  - 
M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
L3  - 
DO  - 10.1017/S0020743800063807
U1  - 
U2  - 
U3  - 
AB  - Background of the history and theology of concepts like Qa'im, Mahdi, ghayba, and the hidden twelfth Imam. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
N1  - See more in the online book Occultation of the Twelfth Imam (A Historical Background).
C1  - 
KW  - Hidden Imam
KW  - Imams
KW  - Islam
KW  - Mahdi (Mihdi)
KW  - Occultation
KW  - Prophecies
KW  - Qá'im
KW  - Shia Islam (Shiism)
KW  - Twelfth Imam
ER  -