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Contents
The Akhbārī-Uṣūlī dispute and the early "Akhbārī" school -- Muḥammad Amīn al-Astarābādī and the formation of the Akhbārī school -- Astarābādī's legal thought -- Astarābādī's theological and philosophical thought -- The spread of Akhbarism after Astarābādī -- Defining the Akhbārī-Uṣūlī conflict -- Akhbārī Qurʼanic interpretation -- Sunna and the Akhbār in Akhbārī jurisprudence -- Akhbārī hermeneutics -- Conclusions.