The intellectual and political life of Shia Imams () is the name of a book by Rasul Jafarian that has been written with the aim of investigating the political and intellectual aspects of the life of the Shiite twelve Imams. The content of this book was first published as a series of articles in Noor-e Elm magazine and then became an independent book. The book has also been translated into Arabic and Urdu. In 2011, the book was published again with many corrections. Excerpt and summary of this book in 400 pages has been selected by the Research deputy of Islamic Maaref University as a textbook in universities of Iran for history of Imamate course.
The author, Rasul Jafarian, writes in a part of the introduction of the book:
In a 40-page introduction, author first deals with the historiography of the Shiites and their books on the Shiite Imams, and then discusses in detail the political and intellectual aspects of each of their lives. In this way, first, he provided information about their birth and personality, and while pointing to the most prominent feature of each of them, then he studied the political and social situation of the time of that Imam.
The table of contents of this book is briefly:
The book Intellectual and political life of Shia Imams has been the subject of several articles, dissertations and reviews.