Islamic ecumenism in the 20th century: the Azhar and Shiism between rapprochement and restraint
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Main Author: Brunner, Rainer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2004
Series:Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia v. 91
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-423) and index
Translator's Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Dispute About the "Correct" History; I. First Attempts at Resolving the Conflict; II. The Azhar Reform and Shiism at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; III. A Controversial Correspondence (1911/36); IV. Caliphate and Ecumene (1924-1939); V. The Institutionalisation of Ecumenical Thinking; VI. The Scholarly Network of the Taqrib Movement (1947-1960); VII. Scope and Limits of the Ecumenical Debate; VIII. Polemics, Rapprochement and Revolutionary Politics (1952-1957); IX. Triumph and Failure of Ecumenical Thinking (1958-1961)
This survey of more than one century of inner-Islamic ecumenical activities in modern times concentrates on the role of the Cairo-based Azhar University and its relations to Shiite scholars. Particular emphasis is laid on the mutual dependency of theology and politics in the modern Islamic discourse
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 435 p.)
ISBN:1433704765
9004125485
9047404270
9781433704765
9789004125483
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