The clerics of Islam: religious authority and political power in Saudi Arabia

"Followers of Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab, often considered to be Islam's Martin Luther, shaped the political and religious identity of the Saudi state while also enabling the significant worldwide expansion of Salafist Islam. Studies of the movement he inspired, however, have often be...

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Auteur principal: Mouline, Nabil 1980- (Auteur)
Collaborateurs: Rundell, Ethan S.
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New Haven/Conn Yale University Press 2014
Dans:Année: 2014
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Ouléma / Saudi-Arabien / Wahhabites / Islam / État / Politique / Histoire
Sujets non-standardisés:B État
B Ouléma
B Dignitaire
B Wahhabites
B Religion
B Communauté religieuse
B Islam and politics (Saudi Arabia) History
B Islam
B Saudi-Arabien
B Islam and state (Saudi Arabia) History
B Mouvement religieux
B Histoire
B Ulama (Saudi Arabia) History
B Wahhābīyah (Saudi Arabia) History
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Résumé:"Followers of Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab, often considered to be Islam's Martin Luther, shaped the political and religious identity of the Saudi state while also enabling the significant worldwide expansion of Salafist Islam. Studies of the movement he inspired, however, have often been limited by scholars' insufficient access to key sources within Saudi Arabia. Nabil Mouline was granted rare interviews and admittance to important Saudi archives in preparation for this groundbreaking book, the first in-depth study of the Wahhabi religious movement from its founding to the modern day. Gleaning information from both written and oral sources and employing a multidisciplinary approach that combines history, sociology, and Islamic studies, Mouline presents a new reading of this movement that transcends the usual resort to polemics"--
ISBN:0300178905