Religious authority beyond domination and discipline: epistemic authority and its vernacular uses in the Shi'i diaspora
“Religious authority” remains a ubiquitous but controversial term of comparative analysis. In Islamic studies, authority is generally personified in the form of the ulama and most often viewed through Weber’s lens of charismatic, legal-rational, and traditional types of legitimate domination. Our pa...
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Cambridge University Press
2023
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