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Author Brunner, Rainer.

Title Islamic ecumenism in the 20th century : the Azhar and Shiism between rapprochement and restraint / by Rainer Brunner ; translated from the German by Joseph Greenman ; revised and updated by the author.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 435 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; v. 91
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 91. 1385-3376
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-423) and index.
Contents Translator's Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Dispute About the "Correct" History; I. First Attempts at Resolving the Conflict; II. The Azhar Reform and Shiism at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; III. A Controversial Correspondence (1911/36); IV. Caliphate and Ecumene (1924-1939); V. The Institutionalisation of Ecumenical Thinking; VI. The Scholarly Network of the Taqrib Movement (1947-1960); VII. Scope and Limits of the Ecumenical Debate; VIII. Polemics, Rapprochement and Revolutionary Politics (1952-1957); IX. Triumph and Failure of Ecumenical Thinking (1958-1961).
Summary This survey of more than one century of inner-Islamic ecumenical activities in modern times concentrates on the role of the Cairo-based Azhar University and its relations to Shiite scholars. Particular emphasis is laid on the mutual dependency of theology and politics in the modern Islamic discourse.
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Subject Jāmiʻat al-Azhar.
Jāmiʻat al-Azhar.
Jamiat al-Azhar.
J*amiʻat al-Azhar.
Islam -- 20th century.
Islam.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Sunnites -- Relations -- Shīʻah.
Sunnites.
Relations.
Shīʻah.
Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites.
Shīʻah -- History -- 20th century.
History.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Annäherung und Distanz. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004045015
Other Form: Print version: Brunner, Rainer. Annäherung und Distanz. English. Islamic ecumenism in the 20th century. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004 (DLC) 2004059271
ISBN 9004125485 (hardbound ; alkaline paper)
9789004125483 (hardbound ; alkaline paper)
9789047404279 (electronic book)
9047404270 (electronic book)
1433704765
9781433704765
1280859148
9781280859144