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    Ismaili and Fatimid Studies in Honor of Paul E. Walker

    A collection of essays on Ismaili and Fatimid studies in honour of Paul E. Walker, former Director of the American Research Center in Egypt.

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    Caliph of Cairo: Al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah, 996-1021

    Paul E Walker

    To some, al-Hakim was God incarnate, to others an infallible imam, to still others he was a capricious tyrant. This book examines myth and fact, document and opinion, to present…

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    Fatimid History and Ismaili Doctrine

    Paul E. Walker

    Explores problems in Fatimid history and historiography, many specifically focused on the content of doctrinal writings produced by the Ismaili supporters and agents of this caliphate who worked on behalf…

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    Exploring an Islamic Empire: Fatimid History and Its Sources

    Paul E. Walker

    This is a detailed survey of different genres of source materials, including historiographical, epigraphic and numismatic, on Fatamid history. It represents a comprehensive treatment of the subject and should be…

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    Fatimid History and Ismaili Doctrine

    Paul E. Walker

    Explores problems in Fatimid history and historiography, many specifically focused on the content of doctrinal writings produced by the Ismaili supporters and agents of this caliphate who worked on behalf…

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    Early Philosophical Shiism: The Isma'ili Neoplatonism of Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani

    Paul E. Walker

    This is the first book-length study of the ideas and teachings of the leading tenth-century Ismaili theoretician Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani.

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    Early Philosophical Shiism: The Isma'ili Neoplatonism of Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani

    Paul E. Walker

    A book-length study of the ideas and teachings of the leading tenth-century Ismaili theoretician Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani.

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    Hamid Al-Din Al-Kirmani: Ismaili Muslim Thought in the Age of Al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah

    Paul E. Walker (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)

    A systematic investigation of the life and thought of the Ismaili thinker, Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani. It focuses on the principal themes of his writings: the nature of human recognition and…

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    The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'I Witness

    This work is a personal memoir composed by a medieval scholar in which he records details of his discourse with two Ismaili leaders who spearheaded the Fatimid revolution in North…

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    The Advent of the Fatimids: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness Account of Politics in the Early Islamic World

    This work is a personal memoir composed by a medieval scholar in which he records details of his discourse with two Ismaili leaders who spearheaded the Fatimid revolution in North…

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    A Code of Conduct: A Treatise on the Etiquette of the Fatimid Ismaili Mission

    I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies

    Every year since 1983 the Buddhist leader and thinker, Daisaku Ikeda, has issued a peace proposal that presents solutions to…

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    Affirming the Imamate: Early Fatimid Teachings in the Islamic West: An Arabic critical edition and English translation of works attributed to Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i and his brother Abu'l-‘Abbas

    The two sermons edited and translated here for the first time are primary material from the years before the establishment of the Fatimid caliphate in 297/909. The authors have been…

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    Affirming the Imamate: Early Fatimid Teachings in the Islamic West: An Arabic critical edition and English translation of works attributed to Abu Abd Allah al-Shi'i and his brother Abu'l-‘Abbas

    The two sermons edited and translated here for the first time are primary material from the years before the establishment of the Fatimid caliphate in 297/909. The authors have been…

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    Orations of the Fatimid Caliphs: Festival Sermons of the Ismaili Imams

    Paul E. Walker (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)

    The Fatimid empire flourished from the beginning of the 10th to the end of the 12th century. The sacred dimension of their rulers was manifested when the imam-Caliphs personally delivered…

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    Master of the Age: An Islamic Treatise on the Necessity of the Imamate

    Paul E. Walker (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)

    About 405/1015 Ismaili da'i Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani composed a treatise he called Lights to Illuminate the Proof of the Imamate (al-Masabih fi ithbat al-imama) in the bold hope of convincing…

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    The Fatimids and Their Successors: The History of an Islamic Community Idris ‘Imad Al-Din’s 'Uyun Al-Akhbar

    This is the seventh volume of the Uyun al-akhbar , the most complete extant text by an Ismaili author on the history of the Ismaili community from its origins up…

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    Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, Part I: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 32-36

    This volume comprises Epistles 32 to 36 of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, which explore the sciences of the soul and intellect. The authors of this encyclopaedic work…

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    A Guide to Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief: Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad

    Imam Al-Haramayn Al-Juywani,Iman al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

    This is a translation of the work known as al-Irshad (The Guide), a classic text of Islamic theology. Its author, Iman al-Haramayn al-Juwayni, here sets out systematically what he considers…

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    A Guide to Conclusive Proofs for the Principles of Belief: Kitab Al-Irshad Ila Qawati Al-Adilla Fi Usul Ati Tiqad

    Imam Al-Haramayn Al-Juywani,Iman al-Haramayn al-Juwayni

    This is a translation of the work known as al-Irshad (The Guide), a classic text of Islamic theology. Its author, Iman al-Haramayn al-Juwayni, here sets out systematically what he considers…

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    Visions and Faces of the Tragic: The Mimesis of Tragedy and the Folly of Salvation in Early Christian Literature

    Paul M. Blowers (Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College)

    This study presses beyond the pervasive early Christian aversion to pagan theatrical art in all its forms and investigates the growing critical engagement with the genre of tragedy by Christian…

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    Maximus the Confessor: Jesus Christ and the Transfiguration of the World

    Paul M. Blowers (Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City, TN)

    This work considers Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662), one of the most discussed early Christian theologians in contemporary patristic studies. It builds on recent scholarship while also providing fresh readings of…

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    Maximus the Confessor: Jesus Christ and the Transfiguration of the World

    Paul M. Blowers (Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City, TN)

    This work considers Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662), one of the most discussed early Christian theologians in contemporary patristic studies. It builds on recent scholarship while also providing fresh readings of…

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    Designing Peace: Building a Better Future Now

    Designing Peace asks, how might we collectively put our creative forces together to envision a future we want to live in and take action to create it now? This book…

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    Drama of the Divine Economy: Creator and Creation in Early Christian Theology and Piety

    Paul M. Blowers (Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Emmanuel Christian Seminary, Johnson City, TN)

    An introduction to the multiplex relation between Creator and creation as an object both of theological construction and religious devotion in the early church. The book argues that patristic commentators…

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