TY - BOOK AU - Takim,Liyakatali TI - The heirs of the prophet: charisma and religious authority in Shi'ite Islam AV - BP194 PY - 2006/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Shiah KW - Government KW - Charisma (Personality trait) KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam KW - Authority KW - Temporal power of religious rulers N1 - 1 (pages 217.-228) and index; The scholars are heirs of the prophets --; The holy man in Islam --; Routinization of charismatic authority : the Shi'i case --; The office of charismatic authority: the functions of the rijal --; Textual authority and the struggle for legitimacy in biographical texts --; Conclusion; 2 ER -