UID:
almafu_9959230683502883
Format:
1 online resource (337 p.)
ISBN:
0-7914-8034-8
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1-4294-9815-3
Series Statement:
SUNY series in Islam
Content:
Looks at the emergence of Shiism as a distinct communal identity within Islam.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Introduction -- Pt. I. The principle of walāyah and the origins of the community -- Walāyah in the Islamic tradition -- The Ghadīr Khumm tradition: walāyah and the spiritual distinctions of ʻAlī b. Abī Ṭālib -- Walāyah, authority and religious community in the first civil war -- The Shiʻite community in the aftermath of the first civil war -- Pt. II. Walāyah, faith and the charismatic nature of Shiʻite identity -- Walāyah as the essence of religion: theological developments at the turn of the second Islamic century -- Membership in the Shiʻite community and salvation -- Predestination and the mythological origins of Shiʻite identity -- The charismatic nature and spiritual distinction of the Shiʻites -- Pt. III. Creating a community within a community -- Shiʻites and non-Shiʻites: the distinction between Imān and Islām -- Degrees of faith: establishing a hierarchy within the Shiʻite community -- "Rarer than red sulphur": women's identity in early Shiʻism -- Perforated boundaries: establishing two codes of conduct.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7914-7034-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7914-7033-4
Language:
English
