Exploring the evolution of the categories of orthodoxy and heresy in medieval Islam, Ahmad Khan offers an original examination of the formation of Sunni Islam. Using an interdisciplinary lens, Khan illuminates the significant yet often neglected transformations in Islamic social, political and religious thought that took place during this period.
Exploring the evolution of the categories of orthodoxy and heresy in medieval Islam, Ahmad Khan offers an original examination of the formation of Sunni Islam. Using an interdisciplinary lens, Khan illuminates the significant yet often neglected transformations in Islamic social, political and religious thought that took place during this period.
Ahmad Khan is Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at the American University in Cairo. He previously held positions at Oxford and Hamburg universities and was the Arcapita Visiting Professor at Columbia University in New York. His publications include Reclaiming Islamic Tradition: Modern Interpretations of the Classical Heritage (2016). His research focuses on Islamic thought and history in the pre-modern and modern periods.
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List of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgments Notes on the text Part I. History of Orthodoxy: 1. Introduction 2. Discourses of heresy I (800-850) 3. Discourses of heresy II (859-950) Part II. Heresy and Society: 4. Regionalism and topographies of heresy 5. Ethnogenesis and heresy 6. Politics: rebellion and heresy 7. Religion and society Part III. Unmaking Heresy: Orthodoxy as History-Writing: 8. Manâqib: narratives of orthodoxy I 9. Masânîd: narratives of orthodoxy II Part IV. The Formation of Classical Sunnism: 10. Consensus and heresy 11. Conclusion References Index.
List of figures List of tables Preface Acknowledgments Notes on the text Part I. History of Orthodoxy: 1. Introduction 2. Discourses of heresy I (800-850) 3. Discourses of heresy II (859-950) Part II. Heresy and Society: 4. Regionalism and topographies of heresy 5. Ethnogenesis and heresy 6. Politics: rebellion and heresy 7. Religion and society Part III. Unmaking Heresy: Orthodoxy as History-Writing: 8. Manâqib: narratives of orthodoxy I 9. Masânîd: narratives of orthodoxy II Part IV. The Formation of Classical Sunnism: 10. Consensus and heresy 11. Conclusion References Index.
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