Radical Islam and the revival of medieval theology / Daniel Lav.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lav, Daniel, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm, 1263-1328.

Ibn Taymīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm.

Islamic fundamentalism--History.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islam--Doctrines--History.

Islam.

Salafīyah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Radical Islam & the Revival of Medieval Theology

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With a scope that bridges the gap between the study of classical Islam and the modern Middle East, this book uncovers a profound theological dimension in contemporary Islamic radicalism and explores the continued relevance of medieval theology to modern debates. Based on an examination of the thought of the medieval scholar Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Taymiyya (d. 1328), the book demonstrates how long-standing fault lines within Sunni Islam have resurfaced in the past half-century to play a major role in such episodes as the Qutbist controversy within the Muslim Brotherhood, the split between radical salafīs and politically quietist ones, the renunciation of militancy by Egyptian and Libyan jihadist groups, and the radicalization of the insurgency in the North Caucasus. This work combines classical Islamic scholarship with a deep familiarity with contemporary radicalism and offers compelling new insights into the structure of modern radical Islam.

Contents:

The early and classical Murjiʼa

Ibn Taymiyya's polemics on faith

The "Murjiʼite" Muslim brotherhood

Safar al-Ḥawālī's Ẓāhirat al-irjāʼ

Salafī Jihādīs and the theology of faith

Theology and the changing shape of militancy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22833-6

1-139-23440-4

1-280-87779-0

9786613719102

1-139-23292-4

1-139-23071-9

1-139-23370-X

1-139-22925-7

1-139-23216-9

0-511-84205-8

OCLC:

794730852