The essentials of Ibadi Islam / Valerie J. Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Valerie J. (Valerie Jon), 1954- author.

Series:

Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East.

Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibadites--History.

Ibadites.

Ibadites--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 344 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Ibadi Islam is a distinct sect of Islam, neither Sunni nor Shi'ite, that emerged in the early Islamic period and remains active today in small pockets of North Africa and as the dominant sect of Oman. Despite its antiquity, it has often been misunderstood and remains little known. Seeking to redress this gap and to introduce this influential Islamic school to the non-Arabic-speaking world, Hoffman offers the first book-length overview of Ibadi theology published in English. Beginning with a concise overview of Ibadi history, Hoffman delineates the sectarian movement's role in the development of Islamic thought, tracing its distinctive teachings and literary history. In the second section, she provides annotated translations of two complementary modern Ibadi theological texts. This unique volume elucidates the religious and political thought by allowing the Ibadi tradition to speak for itself. The Essentials of Ibadi Islam gives readers, specialists and nonspecialists alike, a rare opportunity to understand the major teachings of Ibadi Islam."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Part 1. Introduction

Part 2. Al-'Aqida 'I-Wahbiyya / Nasir b. Salim b. 'Udayyam al-Rawahi

Author's Introduction

Chapter 1. The Knowledge of God's Unity

Chapter 2. The Knowledge of God

Chapter 3. God's Essence and Attributes

Chapter 4. The Roots of Religion, the Impossibility of Seeing God, and What Is Necessary and Impossible for God

Chapter 5. Affiliation (Walaya) and Dissociation (Bara'a)

Chapter 6. How to Deal with People Who Are Not of Muhammad's Umma

Chapter 7. Knowledge and Action

Part 3. 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Thamini al-Mus'abi on God's Power and Human Acts, from Kitab Ma'alim al-Din

Chapter 3. On the Necessity of the Absolute Oneness of God Most High

Chapter 4. On What Is Possible Concerning the Most High

Glossary

Biographical Dictionary

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815650843

0815650841

OCLC:

809317476