The Clerics of Islam : Religious Authority and Political Power in Saudi Arabia / Nabil Mouline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mouline, Nabil, Author.

Contributor:

Rundell, Ethan S.

Standardized Title:

Clercs de l'islam. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Ulama--Saudi Arabia--History.

Ulama.

Wahhābīyah--Saudi Arabia--History.

Wahhābīyah.

Islam and state--Saudi Arabia--History.

Islam and state.

Islam and politics--Saudi Arabia--History.

Islam and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Followers of Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab, often considered to be Islam's Martin Luther, shaped the political and religious identity of the Saudi state while also enabling the significant worldwide expansion of Salafist Islam. Studies of the movement he inspired, however, have often been limited by scholars' insufficient access to key sources within Saudi Arabia. Nabil Mouline was granted rare interviews and admittance to important Saudi archives in preparation for this groundbreaking book, the first in-depth study of the Wahhabi religious movement from its founding to the modern day. Gleaning information from both written and oral sources and employing a multidisciplinary approach that combines history, sociology, and Islamic studies, Mouline presents a new reading of this movement that transcends the usual resort to polemics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: The Ulama, Clerics of Islam

1. The Birth of The Hanbali Tradition

2. Shedding New Light on the Life of Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab

3. Hanbali-Wahhabism in the Nineteenth Century: Grandeur and Decadence

4. The Birth of a Kingdom and the Renaissance of a Tradition

5. Routinization and Institutionalization of Hanbali-Wahhabism

6. The Committee of Grand Ulama: An Organization in the Service of the Prince . . . and the Population

7. Raising the Veil on the Conditions of Access to the Religious Establishment

8. Religious Authority in Practice: The Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice

9. At the Crossroads: The Religious Establishment Put to the Test of the Saudi Politico-Religious Space

Conclusion

Appendix: House of Saud and Map of Saudi Arabia

Notes

Bibliography

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300206616

0300206615

OCLC:

894507087