{"title":"Zackery M. Heern","description":"\u003cp\u003eZackery M. Heern’s works offer insightful explorations into religious thought and history, with a particular focus on contemporary Islamic movements. Readers can expect rigorous analysis paired with accessible prose that illuminates complex spiritual and cultural developments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis writing is well-suited for those interested in deepening their understanding of modern religious dynamics and the evolving landscapes within faith traditions. The collection invites reflection on how spirituality shapes and is shaped by the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-emergence-of-modern-shiism-by-zackery-m-heern-9781780744964","title":"The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book takes a fresh look at the foundations of modern Islam. Scholars often locate the origins of the modern Islamic world in European colonialism or Islamic reactions to European modernity. However, this study focuses on the rise of Islamic movements indigenous to the Middle East, which developed in direct response to the collapse and decentralization of the Islamic gunpowder empires. In other words, the book argues that the Usuli movement, as well as Wahhabism and neo-Sufism, emerged in reaction to the disintegration and political decentralization of the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book specifically highlights the emergence of Usuli Shi‘ism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The long-term impact of the Usuli revival was that Shi‘i clerics gained unprecedented social, political, and economic power in Iran and southern Iraq. Usuli clerics claimed authority to issue binding legal judgments, which, they argue, must be observed by all Shi‘is. By the early nineteenth century, Usulism emerged as a popular, fiercely independent, transnational Islamic movement. The Usuli clerics have often operated at the heart of social and political developments in modern Iraq and Iran and today dominate the politics of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Emergence of Modern Shi'ism\u003c\/em\u003e by Zackery M. Heern asks readers to reconsider the origins of influential Islamic movements that continue to shape the modern Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461530009836,"sku":"9781780744964","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781780744964-the-emergence-of-modern-shi-ism.jpg?v=1774970681"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/zackery-m-heern.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}