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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dakake, Maria Massi, 1968-

Series:

SUNY series in Islam.

SUNY series in Islam

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shīʻah--History.

Shīʻah.

Shiites--History.

Shiites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looks at the emergence of Shiism as a distinct communal identity within Islam.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.

ISBN:

9780791480342

0791480348

9781429498159

1429498153

OCLC:

173152623