id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
ajiss-470		ajiss-470		4	.pdf	application/pdf	1516	59	48	The writings Pierce examines emerged during a period where Arabic literature was first taking shape and therefore demonstrate a process within the Is- lamic community at large of articulating specific narratives. While much scholarship on Shi‘ism is centered on the topics of succession, theological doctrines, or the specific rituals of ‘Ashura, Pierce focuses instead on how love and devotion towards the imams and the ahl al-bayt developed.	cache/ajiss-470.pdf	txt/ajiss-470.txt