Caliphate and Imamate

An Anthology of Medieval Muslim Texts on Political Theology

AvHassan Ansari,Nebil Husayn

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

One of the most enduring sources of conflict among Muslims is the question of power and authority after the Prophet Muhammad. This anthology of classical Arabic texts, presented in a new English translation, offers a comprehensive overview of the early history of the caliphate and key questions that medieval Muslim scholars discussed in their works on the subject. Composed between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, these texts succinctly present competing views on the prerequisites of legitimate leadership and authority in the Islamic tradition. This volume offers an engaging introduction to the diverse writings of influential scholars representing six classical Islamic schools of theology: Sunnism, Zaydism, Twelver Shiʿism, Muʿtazilism, Ibadism, and Ismaʿilism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-11-02
Mått:140 x 216 x 13 mm
Vikt:312 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316649732

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Hassan Ansari is a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton). He is the author of several books, including L'imamat et l'Occultation selon l'imamisme: Étude bibliographique et histoire des textes (2017) and Al-Šarīf al-Murtaḍā's Oeuvre and Thought in Context : An Archaeological Inquiry into Texts and Their Transmission (2022), co-authored with Sabine Schmidtke. Nebil Husayn is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami. His research broadly considers the development of Islamic theology, historiography and debates on the caliphate. His previous publications include Opposing the Imam (2021).

Innehållsförteckning

A Note on the Translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary of Key Terms; 1. A Précis of the Doctrines of Abū 'l-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī Ibn Fūrak; 2. The Succour of Nations Amidst the Confusion of Darkness al-Juwaynī; 3. The Theoretical Underpinning of the Imamate Abū Ṭālib al-Hārūnī; 4. The Curative Book on the Imamate: A Paraphrastic Rendering al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī; 5. The Book of Excellence on the Fundamental Principles of Religion Ibn al-Malāḥimī; 6. The concise ʿAbd al-Kāfī al-Warjalānī; 7. The Crown of Doctrines and the Mine of Instructive Points al-Dāʿī Ibn al-Walīd; Bibliography; Index.