Religion and Politics Under the Early 'Abbāsids

The Emergence of the Proto-Sunnī Elite

von Muhammad Qasim Zaman

236 Seiten, Leder-/Kunstleder- oder Prachteinband

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The main concern of this book is the religious policies of the early 'Abbāsid caliphs. It focuses on the religious trends which went into the making of Sunnī Islam, and traces the emergence of the nascent Sunnī elite in relation to the 'Abbāsids.Various aspects of the caliphs' evolving relationship with the religious scholars are studied and the nature of caliphal patronage and its impact on the scholars, and ultimately on the evolution of early Sunnism, is explored. What emerges is a picture of close collaboration between the caliphs and the 'ulama', with the caliphs playing an active and multifaceted role in religious life. This book challenges the prevailing interpretations of the separation of religion and politics in early Islam, and offers new insights into the social and religious history of Islam's formative centuries.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens
• ISBN: 9789004106789
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.1997
• Größe: 245 x 164 mm
• Verlag: Brill