Religion and Politics Under the Early 'Abbasids: The Emergence of the Proto-Sunni Elite (Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts, V. 16)

religion and politics under the early 'abbasids: the emergence of the proto-sunni elite (islamic history and civilization. studies and texts, v. 16)

Religion and Politics Under the Early 'Abbasids: The Emergence of the Proto-Sunni Elite (Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts, V. 16)

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The main concern of this book is the religious policies of the early bAbbasid caliphs. It focuses on the religious trends which went into the making of Sunni Islam, and traces the emergence of the nascent Sunni elite in relation to the bAbbasids. 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 bulamac, 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.

Religion and Politics Under the Early 'Abbasids: The Emergence of the Proto-Sunni Elite (Islamic History and Civilization. Studies and Texts, V. 16),Muhammad Qasim Zaman,Brill Academic Publishers,9004106782,General,History,History: World,Interior Design - General,Islam and politics,Islamic Empire,Islamic Government,Middle East - General,Politics / Current Events,Politics and government,Politics/International Relations,Ulama

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