The Effect of Shia Imamate Teachings on Enhancement of Social Capital Norms

This study intends to find ways to enhance social capital norms based on the most important epistemological capital of Shia which is Imamate (religious leadership).  Regarding the characteristics of the topic having discovery aspect,descriptive-analytical and historical-hermeneutic methods have been used. The Shia Imamate teachings play a very effective role in the development of the most impotant social capital norms namely social cooperation and tolerance and enhancement of life value. Shia Imamate enjoying important qualities such as knowledge,immunity from sins,and having divine guardianship,on one hand,provides the most efficient epistemological constellation in order to use social capital norms and on the other hand it guarantees the effective protection of social capital.