The brother of the prophet Mohammad (the Imam Ali), Vol. I 1

A reconstruction of Islamic history and an extensive research of the Shi-ite Islamic school of thought. The readings in this volume have been organized under five sections; Sacred Knowledge, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, Sacred Person and Reorientations to the Sacred. They offer the best of recent work as well as some celebrated classical writings in the field. The volume should interest the specialist as well as the informed lay person.