Guardians of faith in modern times : ʻulamaʼ in the Middle East / edited by Meir Hatina.
This collective volume provides an integrative historical and contemporary discussion of Sunni ʿulamaʼ in the Middle East in both an urban and a semi-tribal context. The various chapters reinforce a renewed interest in the position of the ʿulamaʼ in modern times and offer new insights as to their id...
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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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| Series: | Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ;
v. 105. |
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| Summary: | This collective volume provides an integrative historical and contemporary discussion of Sunni ʿulamaʼ in the Middle East in both an urban and a semi-tribal context. The various chapters reinforce a renewed interest in the position of the ʿulamaʼ in modern times and offer new insights as to their ideological vitality and contribution to the public discourse on moral and sociopolitical issues. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 342 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047442936 9047442938 |
| ISSN: | 1385-3376 ; |