The charismatic community : Shiʻite identity in early Islam

The charismatic community : Shiʻite identity in early Islam / Maria Massi Dakake.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dakake, Maria Massi, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007.
Series:SUNY series in Islam.
Subjects:
Shiites > History.
Shīʿah > History.
RELIGION > Islam > Shi'a.
Shīʻah
Shiites
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • pt. I. The principle of walāyah and the origins of the community
  • Walāyah in the Islamic tradition
  • The Ghadīr Khumm tradition: walāyah and the spiritual distinctions of ʻAlī b. Abī Ṭālib
  • Walāyah, authority and religious community in the first civil war
  • The Shiʻite community in the aftermath of the first civil war
  • pt. II. Walāyah, faith and the charismatic nature of Shiʻite identity
  • Walāyah as the essence of religion: theological developments at the turn of the second Islamic century
  • Membership in the Shiʻite community and salvation
  • Predestination and the mythological origins of Shiʻite identity
  • The charismatic nature and spiritual distinction of the Shiʻites
  • pt. III. Creating a community within a community
  • Shiʻites and non-Shiʻites: the distinction between Imān and Islām
  • Degrees of faith: establishing a hierarchy within the Shiʻite community
  • "Rarer than red sulphur": women's identity in early Shiʻism
  • Perforated boundaries: establishing two codes of conduct.

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