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Controversies in Formative Shi’i Islam: The Ghulat Muslims and Their Beliefs: Shi'i Heritage Series

Autor Mushegh Asatryan
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 noi 2016
I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili StudiesAmong the various Muslim communities that were articulating their doctrinal positions in the early Islamic centuries, one in particular was known derisively as the Ghulat ('extremists'). This was owing to their specific interpretation of Islam, which included an 'extreme' devotion to the Shi'i Imams and the family of the Prophet, and controversial religious ideas, such as the transmigration of souls into other human or sub-human forms. Widely active in Iraq in the 8th and 9th centuries, the Ghulat developed a complex worldview and produced a rich religious literature. Until now, understanding of this community has mainly relied on sources produced outside of the group, which are inaccurate or polemical in nature. This book looks at newly recovered primary texts in order to study the Ghulat first hand. Mushegh Asatryan examines the development of the Ghulat writings, situating the community within a broader historical context and offering a comprehensive survey of their distinctive cosmology.Through his detailed analysis, the book offers insight into the formation of one of the earliest religious traditions in Islamic history as well as the nature of the community in which texts were produced and circulated.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781784538958
ISBN-10: 1784538957
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: The Institute of Ismaili Studies
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Seria Shi'i Heritage Series

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Mushegh Asatryan is Assistant Professor of Muslim Cultures at the University of Calgary. He received his PhD from Yale and has published on various aspects of Islamic history and on the history of early Shi'ism. His recent publications include 'An Early Shi'i Cosmology: Kitab al-ashbah wa l-azilla and its milieu' and 'Bankers and Politics: The Network of Shi'i Moneychangers in Eighth-Ninth Century Kufa and their Role in the Shi'i Community'. Previously he was a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies and he has taught at Yale, Trinity College and Fairfield University.

Cuprins

Introduction Chapter 1: Kit?b al-haft wa'l-az. illa: A Textual Analysis Chapter 2: The Early Ghulat and their Textual Milieu Chapter 3: Polemics and Authority in the 3rd/9th Century Chapter 4: Ghulat Literature among the Nus.ayr?s in Syria Chapter 5: Constructing a UniverseChapter 6: Constructing a Community