Format:
XI, 323 S.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
0791470334
,
9780791470336
,
9780791470343
Series Statement:
SUNY series in Islam
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index
,
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 ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib -- Walāyah, authority and religious community in the first civil war -- The Shiʿite community in the aftermath of the first civil war -- Pt. II. Walāyah, faith and the charismatic nature of Shiʿite identity -- Walāyah as the essence of religion: theological developments at the turn of the second Islamic century -- Membership in the Shiʿite community and salvation -- Predestination and the mythological origins of Shiʿite identity -- The charismatic nature and spiritual distinction of the Shiʿites -- Pt. III. Creating a community within a community -- Shiʿites and non-Shiʿites: the distinction between Imān and Islām -- Degrees of faith: establishing a hierarchy within the Shiʿite community -- "Rarer than red sulphur": women's identity in early Shiʿism -- Perforated boundaries: establishing two codes of conduct
Language:
English
Keywords:
Schiiten
;
Geschichte
;
Islam
;
Schiiten
