Associate Professor Aun Hasan Ali’s book about Islam’s School of Hillah explores the dynamics and formation of Twelver Shi’ism, arguing that the faith was open to diverse intellectual traditions ...

Against the background of long-standing narratives in which Twelver Shi‘ism is viewed as fundamentally authoritarian, this talk builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies and ...

Shi’ite religious leaders have three crises on their hands, which together create perhaps as great a trial for Shi’ism as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s 1979 seizure of power in Iran. Traditionally, ...