Research Catalog

Title

The charismatic community : Shiʻite identity in early Islam / Maria Massi Dakake.

Author

Dakake, Maria Massi, 1968-

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

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Details

Description

xi, 323 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

SUNY series in Islam

Subjects

• Shiites > History
• Shīʻah > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Pt. I. The principle of walāyah and the origins of the community -- Walāyah in the Islamic tradition -- The Ghadīr Khumm tradition: walāyah and the spiritual distinctions of ʻAlī b. Abī Ṭālib -- Walāyah, authority and religious community in the first civil war -- The Shiʻite community in the aftermath of the first civil war -- Pt. II. Walāyah, faith and the charismatic nature of Shiʻite identity -- Walāyah as the essence of religion: theological developments at the turn of the second Islamic century -- Membership in the Shiʻite community and salvation -- Predestination and the mythological origins of Shiʻite identity -- The charismatic nature and spiritual distinction of the Shiʻites -- Pt. III. Creating a community within a community -- Shiʻites and non-Shiʻites: the distinction between Imān and Islām -- Degrees of faith: establishing a hierarchy within the Shiʻite community -- "Rarer than red sulphur": women's identity in early Shiʻism -- Perforated boundaries: establishing two codes of conduct.

Call Number

*OGI 07-4375

ISBN

• 0791470334 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780791470336 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006013726

OCLC

68132995

Author

Dakake, Maria Massi, 1968-

Title

The charismatic community : Shiʻite identity in early Islam / Maria Massi Dakake.

Imprint

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Series

SUNY series in Islam

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.

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Research Call Number

*OGI 07-4375