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1 online resource (286 pages) |
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Cover; ISLAM WITHOUT ALLAH?: The Rise of Religious Externalism in Safavid Iran; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Belief and submission reconsidered; Introduction; The Koran on īmān and islām; The Koran and islām; The difference between īmān and islām: the Sunni view; Koranic exegesis and islām; The concepts of īmān and islām in Twelver Shi'ite Traditions; The question of īmān and islām in Shi'ite exegesis; Knowledge in Islam: what is 'ilm and who are the 'ulamā?; Knowledge in the Traditions; Evolution of the terms 'ilm and fiqh; Popular perception of the terms 'ilm and 'ulamā |
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Contemporary Muslim scholars and 'ilmThe Koran on 'ilm and 'ulamā; Chapter 2 Religion in medieval Iran and the rise of the Safavids; Introduction: internalism and externalism defined; TweIver Shi'ism in the pre-Safavid era; Sufism and pro-Shi'ite extremism (ghuluww); Sufism; Extremism or 'ghuluww'; The rise of the Safavids; Chapter 3 The consolidation of Safavid power and the rise of Twelver Shi'ite externalism; Introduction; The Twelver Shi'ite fuqahā: guardians of externalism; The evolution of the role of the Twelver Shi'ite jurist; Enter the externalists: from Jabal' Amil to Isfahan. |
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Of Shah and Shaykh: Isma'it and KarakiThe reign of Shah Tahmasp: the fuqahā take root; Indigenous opposition to Twelver Shi'ite externalism: the Persian 'aristocracy'; Shah Isma'il II to Shah' Abbas I; The externalists: their milieu and teachings; In search of Twelver Shi'ite internalism; The non-externalists: their milieu and teachings; The reigns of Shah Safi and Shah 'Abbas II; Chapter 4 'Allama Majlisi: externalist extraordinaire; Introduction; The Majlisi family; The forefathers of Muhammad Baqir Majlisi; Muhammad Baqir's formative years; The public career of Muhammad Baqir Majlisi. |
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Majlisi and the post of mullā-bāshīMajlisi's written works; Oceans of light? Majlisi's Bihār aI-anwār; Majlisi vis-à-vis Sufism and other 'innovations'; Majlisi's interpretation of the terms 'ilm and 'ulamā; The descendants of Muhammad Baqir Majlisi; Chapter 5 Externalism in focus: the Twelver Shi'ite doctrines of intizār and raj'a; Introduction; Messianism in Islam; The term al-mahdī and its early use; The Mahdi in the Traditions; Sunni Traditions on the Mahdi; The Mahdi in Shi'ite Traditions: Volume XIII of Majlisi's Bihār; The concept of intizār. |
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The occultation of the Imam: a test for the Twelver Shi'itesThe Traditions on intizār; The politico-religious implications of intizar; The return of the Twelve Imams: the doctrine of raj'a; The historical development of the doctrine of raj'a; The doctrine of raj'a in the Bihār al-anwār; The general Traditions on raj'a; The curious Tradition of Mufaddal b. Umar; The raj'a: a major factor in TweIver Shi'ite externalism; Safavid Shi'ism and Alid Shi'ism: a contemporary critique; Chapter 6 Conclusions; Select Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This ground-breaking and controversial work locates the antecedents of today's Islamic 'fundamentalism' in 16th and 17th century Iran and the forced conversion of the Sunnite population of Iran to the largely alien doctrines of Twelver Shi'ism; the concomitant extirpation of Sufism and philosophy; and the gradual rise of the 'faqih' or jurist. |
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Shīʻah -- Doctrines.
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Shīʻah -- Doctrines. |
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Iran -- History -- Ṛafavid dynasty, 1501-1736.
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Islam -- Iran -- History.
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Islam. |
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Iran. |
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History. |
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1501-1736 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Turner, Colin. Islam Without Allah? : The Rise of Religious Externalism in Safavid Iran. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780700714476 |
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9781136851599 (electronic book) |
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1136851593 (electronic book) |
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