1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480069303321

Autore

Baker Christine D.

Titolo

Medieval Islamic sectarianism / / Christine D. Baker [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leeds : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2019

ISBN

1-64189-916-6

1-64189-083-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 106 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Past imperfect

Disciplina

297.804209560902

Soggetti

Islam - Middle East - History - To 1500

Sunnites - Relations - Shīʻah

Shīʻah - Relations - Sunnites

Islam - Relations

Middle East Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements and a Note on Transliteration -- Timeline -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. When did Sunnism Become Orthodox? -- Chapter 2. Non-Sunni Islams Before the Tenth Century -- Chapter 3. The Fatimids and Isma'ili Shi'ism in North Africa -- Chapter 4. The Buyids and Shiʿism in Baghdad -- Conclusion: Reactions to the Shiʿi Century -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Further Reading

Sommario/riassunto

This book asks readers to re-examine their view of the Islamic world and the development of sectarianism in the Middle East by shining a light on the complexity and diversity of early Islamic society. While Sunni Islam eventually became politically and numerically dominant, Sunni and Shiʿi identities took centuries to develop as independent communities. When modern discussions of sectarianism in the Middle East reduce these identities to a 1400-year war between Sunnis and Shiʿis, we create a false narrative.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814618503321

Titolo

Global secularisms in a post-secular age / / edited by Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, and George Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61451-931-5

1-61451-675-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Collana

Religion and Its Others, , 2330-6262 ; ; Volume 2

Classificazione

BE 9020

Disciplina

200.9/04

Soggetti

Secularism

Postsecularism

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age -- The Fall of the Sparrow: On Axial Religion and Secularization as the Goal of History -- Mid-Nineteenth-Century British Secularism and its Contemporary Post-Secular Implications -- Secularism as a Positive Position -- Religion and Post-Secularity: New Perspectives on the Public Sphere -- Religious Education in Habermasian Post-Secular Societies -- We (In India) Have Always Been Post-Secular -- The Troubles of An Unrepentant Secularist -- Atheists in Foxholes -- Secularism and ‘Gazetted’ Holidays in India -- Muslim Secularisms in the European Context -- Education and Religious Minorities in Turkey: the Story behind the Introduction of Compulsory Religion Courses -- The Historical Relationship between Religion and Government in Rwanda -- Secularism from Below: On the Bolivarian Revolution -- Post-secular Expertise and American Foreign Policy -- When the Secular is Sacred: The Memorial Hall to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre and the Gettysburg National Military Park as Pilgrimage Sites -- Porous Persons: The Politics of a Nonreligious Japanese NGO -- Circulations of the Sacred: Contemporary Art as “Cultural” Catholicism in 21st Century



Paris -- “A Deeply Held Religious Faith, and I Don’t Care What It Is:” American Anti-Atheism as Nativism -- The Myth of Secularism in America -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Global Secularisms addresses the state of and prospects for secularism globally. Drawing from multiple fields, it brings together theoretical discussion and empirical case studies that illustrate "on-the-ground," extant secularisms as they interact with various religious, political, social, and economic contexts. Its point of departure is the fact that secularism is plural and that various secularisms have developed in various contexts and from various traditions around the world. Secularism takes on different social meanings and political valences wherever it is expressed. The essays collected here provide numerous points of contact between empirical case studies and theoretical reflection. This multiplicity informs and challenges the conceptual theorization of secularism as a universal doctrine. Analyses of different regions enrich our understanding of the meanings of secularism, providing comparative range to our notions of secularity. Theoretical treatments help to inform our understanding of secularism in context, enabling readers to discern what is at stake in the various regional expressions of secularity globally. While the bulk of the essays are case-based research, the current thinking of leading theorists and scholars is also included.