Steven C. Judd

'Abd Al-Rahman B. 'Amr Al-Awza'i

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive study of an often overlooked figure in the history of Islamic thought, whose influence on aspects of Islamic law endures to this day

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Produktdetails

• Makers of the Muslim World
• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 137mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9781786076854
• ISBN-10: 1786076853
• Artikelnr.: 55460304

Autorenporträt

Steven Judd is Professor of Middle East History at Southern Connecticut State University. He has been studying early Islamic law and theology, especially during the Umayyad period, for over twenty years, and is the author of Religious Scholars and the Umayyads. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction
Al-Awza'i's Biography
 
1  THE SOURCES
2  AL-AWZA'I'S JURISPRUDENCE
Law in the Formative Period of Islam
Al-Awza'i's Fiqh
Evaluating Al-Awza'i as a Legal Scholar
3  AL-AWZA'I'S SCHOLARLY MILIEU
Pro-Umayyad Friends and Rivals
The Hanafis: Al-Awza'i's Foes
The Malikis
4  AL-AWZA'I'S THEOLOGY
Damascus as a Theological Center
Al-Awza'i's Theological Views
Al-Awza'i and the Qadarites
Conclusions: Al-Awza'i's Theology
5  AL-AWZA'I AND THE POLITICAL ELITE
Al-Awza'i and the Umayyads
Surviving the Fall of the Umayyads and the Abbasid Revolution
Al-Awza'i and the Abbasids
Al-Awza'i's Post-Revolutionary Life
Conclusion: Evaluating Al-Awza'i as a Political Figure
6  AL-AWZA'I'S LEGACY
Al-Awza'i's Students
Al-Awza'i's Regional Persistence
Al-Awza'i's Legal Legacy
Al-Awza'i in Modern Times
 
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index