Religion and politics in Saudi Arabia : Wahhabism and the state

Religion and politics in Saudi Arabia : Wahhabism and the state / edited by Mohammed Ayoob, Hasan Kosebalaban.

Ayoob (international relations, Michigan State U.) and Kosebalaban (political science, Lake Forest College) and 10 contributors take issue with what appears to be a commonly-held belief that Wahhabism was the determining factor in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack and other acts of terrorist v...

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Other Authors: Ayoob, Mohammed (Editor), Kosebalaban, Hasan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.
Subjects:
Islam and state > Saudi Arabia.
Islam and politics > Saudi Arabia.
Wahhābīyah > Saudi Arabia.
RELIGION > Islam > Sunni.
Islam and politics
Islam and state
Wahhābīyah
Wahhabiten
Politik
Saudi Arabia
Saudi-Arabien
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Unraveling the myths / Mohammed Ayoob and Hasan Kosebalaban
  • Wahhabism : religious movement and political ideology
  • Wahhabism and the question of religious tolerance / Natana J. DeLong-Bas
  • Wahhabism as an ideology of state formation / Khalid S. al-Dakhil
  • Contestation and authority in Wahhabi polemics / David Commins
  • Wahhabism and the Saudi state
  • Wahhabi origins of the contemporary Saudi state / John S. Habib
  • The annexation of the Hijaz / William Ochsenwald
  • State power, religious privilege, and myths about political reform / Gwenn Okruhlik
  • Religious revivalism and its challenge to the Saudi regime / Toby Craig Jones
  • Saudi-US relations
  • A most improbable alliance : placing interests over ideology / Thomas W. Lippman
  • Official Wahhabism and the sanctioning of Saudi-US relations / F. Gregory Gause III
  • Conclusion
  • The impact of the Wahhabi tradition / John O. Voll.

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