Download or read book Expectation of the Millennium written by ?usain Na?r and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an anthology on the history, politics, and social aspects of Shi'ism including translations of original sources. It examines the historical development of Shi'ism, Shi'i political thought, the status of Shi'i minority communities in the Muslim world, and the life and works of prominent social and political thinkers. The book assesses the extent of the politicization process in Shi'ism in recent years and addresses that important question of the Shi'i attitude towards authority.