Islamic reform : politics and social change in late Ottoman Syria / David Dean Commins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Commins, David Dean, author.

Series:

Studies in Middle Eastern history.

Oxford scholarship online.

Studies in Middle Eastern history

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Syria--History--19th century.

Islam.

Islam--Syria--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines Syria's religious, intellectual and political history during a period of transformation before World War I, focusing on an attempt to reform Islamic belief and practice at the turn of the century.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 Damascene Ulama and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Syria; 2 Sources and Agents of Religious Reform; 3 The Social Roots of Salafism; 4 The Emergence of Salafism in Damascus: Early Vicissitudes, 1896-1904; 5 Salafi Interpretations of Islam: Reason and Unity in Qāsimī; 6 Salafi Interpretations of Islam: Society and Social Life in Qāsimī; 7 The Salafis and the Arabists; 8 Conservative Ulama and Antisalafi Action; 9 Antisalafi Ulama's Interpretations of Islam; 10 Salafis and Arabists in Politics, 1908-1914; CONCLUSION; NOTES; APPENDIX; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A

BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771403-X

1-280-52431-6

0-19-536294-2

OCLC:

466426188