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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451683103321

Autore

Dakake Maria Massi <1968->

Titolo

The charismatic community [[electronic resource] ] : Shiʻite identity in early Islam / / Maria Massi Dakake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7914-8034-8

1-4294-9815-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Islam

Disciplina

297.8/209

Soggetti

Shīʻah - History

Shiites - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.