The Mardzhaat Religious Project of Shiites in Modern Days

  • Nikita Aleksandrovich Filin no@email.com
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Filin N.A. The Mardzhaat Religious Project of Shiites in Modern Days. Vlast’ (The Authority). 2015. Vol. 21. No. 9. P. 125-128.

Abstract

The article analyzes the Mardzhaat – a Shiite religious institution, the main principle of which is spiritual guidance of a religious figure towards the overwhelming part of the community. The author concludes that principles of functioning of this project were changed in the modern conditions.
Keywords:
Islam, Shia, clergy, mardzhaat, religious mentoring, Iran

References

Petrushevskij I.P. Islam v Irane v VII–XV vekah : kurs lekcij. – L., 1966, p. 250.



Gieling S. The «Marja'iya» in Iran and the Nomination of Khamanei in December 1994 // Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 33, № 4, Oct., 1997, p. 777.
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Filin, N. A. (2015). The Mardzhaat Religious Project of Shiites in Modern Days. Vlast’ (The Authority), 21(9), 125-128. Retrieved from https://jour.fnisc.ru/index.php/vlast/article/view/2259
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RELIGION, SOCIETY, STATE