The charismatic community: Shiʿite identity in early Islam
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 communi...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
c 2007
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In: | Year: 2007 |
Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Islam
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Shi'ah
/ History
B Islam / Shi'ah |
Further subjects: | B
Shīʿah
History
B Shīʻah History B Shiites History |
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Summary: | 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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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index |
ISBN: | 0791470334 |