The Nusayrī-ʿAlawī Religion :: An enquiry into its theology and liturgy /

The Nusayrīs - also known as ʻAlawīs -have been in power in Syria for the past three decades. Little is known of their origins or their long history, while their religious creeds and thought are somewhat better known. The main reason for our fragmentary knowledge of the Nusayrī religion is that,...

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Main Authors: Bar-Asher, Meʼir Mikhaʼel (Author), Kofsky, Arieh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2002.
Series:Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; 1.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The Nusayrīs - also known as ʻAlawīs -have been in power in Syria for the past three decades. Little is known of their origins or their long history, while their religious creeds and thought are somewhat better known. The main reason for our fragmentary knowledge of the Nusayrī religion is that, since its beginnings, it has always been the secret faith of a self-conscious elite that zealously guarded its sectarian literature. The Nusayrī-ʻAlawī faith is a clear example of a syncretistic religion. It combines and fuses elements of cults and creeds of very disparate, and remote, origins. Among these are various pagan beliefs (residues of ancient Mesopotamian and Syrian cults), as well as Persian, Christian, Gnostic, and Muslim - both Sunnī and Shīʻī - religious precepts and practices. All these components have been brought together in a syncretistic religious system that has assumed a heterodox Shīʻī garb. The present volume presents a mosaic of fundamental aspects of Nusayrī theology and liturgy. It demonstrates the complexity of Nusayrī theology and the diversity of religious thought within the Nusayrī fold.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004453500
9004453504
9789004125520
9004125523

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