| Description |
[xv], 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilisation |
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Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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| Contents |
Genealogy of the Qasimi imams -- Genealogy of the Hamid al-Din imams -- 1. Charismatic Authority: the Qasimi Imamate in the Seventeenth Century -- 2. Becoming a Dynasty: the Qasimi Imamate in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 3. The Absolute Interpreter and 'Renewer' of the Thirteenth Century AH -- 4. The Triumph of Sunni Traditionism and the Re-Ordering of Yemeni Society -- 5. Clashing with the Zaydis: the Question of Cursing the Prophet's Companions (sabb al-sahaba) -- 6. Riots in Sanaa: the Response of the Strict Hadawis -- 7. Shawkani's Legacy |
| Summary |
This intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Shawkani, one of the founding fathers of modern Islamic reformism, is also a study of an important transitional period in Yemeni history which saw the shift from traditional Shi'ism to Sunni reformism. The transition propelled political, religious and social change. While Shawkani espoused a socio-religious order which echoed aspects of Western thinking, the book demonstrates that it was indigenous to Islamic thought. Shawkani's ideas remain vital to the intellectual debates happening in Islam today |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 235-255 |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Shawkānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, 1759-1839.
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Islam and politics -- Yemen (Republic) -- History.
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Islam -- Customs and practices.
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Islam -- Yemen (Republic) -- History.
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Islamic renewal -- History.
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| LC no. |
2003043510 |
| ISBN |
0521528909 paperback |
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0521816289 : |
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