International Journal of Shi'i Studies

The International Journal of Shī‘ī Studies publishes research and reviews on virtually every aspect of Shī‘ī studies. Topics that fall within the scope of the journal include: • Analyses of Shī‘ī origins, doctrines, methodologies. literature; or cosmological and ideological dimensions of the Shī‘ī schools, including mystical, philosophical, theological, social, economic, political, contemporary, and comparative aspects; • Research and studies on the Ahlulbayt, including from non-Shī‘ī perspectives; • Shī‘ī contributions to any of the traditional Islamic sciences, both exoteric and esoteric; • Biographies or studies of the careers of Shī‘ī scholars or even non-Shī‘ī scholars with some positive or negative relation to the Shī‘ī school or the Ahlulbayt; • Communal, institutional, literary and devotional manifestations of the Shī‘ī school.