Dr Alessandro Cancian
Senior Research Associate
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Departments and units
Department of Academic Research Qur'anic Studies -
Email
acancian@iis.ac.uk
Cancian A., La scuola degli Imam: LIran e leducazione religiosa nellIslam sciita(Jouvence: Roma, 2016)
Cancian A.(Editor)Approaches to the 河顎姻a稼Muslims believe that the Holy 河顎姻a稼 contains divine revelations to the Prophet Muhammed received in Mecca and Medina over a period of 23 years in the early 7th century CE. More in Contemporary Iran(Oxford University Press, 2019)
Cancian A., The Emergence of Shi’i Sufism: Sul畊n 平Al朝 Shh Gunbd朝 and His Commentary on the 河顎姻a稼(Oxford University Press, 2023)
- Sufi Mysticism and Usuli Shi平ism: Practical Authority in Modern Iranian Shi平i Sufism (in Sufi Mysticism and Usuli Shi平ism: Practical Authority in Modern Iranian Shi平i Sufism, Brill, 2021)
- “In Between Reform and Bigotry: the Gunbd朝 Silsila in Two Early Twentieth-century Anti-Sufi works (in Sufis and Mullahs: Sufis and their Opponents in the Persianate World, Irvine, 2020).