Essentials of Ibadi Islam

Name: Essentials of Ibadi Islam
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ISBN: 9780815632887

ISBN-10: 0815632886

ISBN-13: 9780815632887

Edition: 2012

Authors: Valerie Hoffman

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Ibadi Islam is a distinct sect of Islam, neither Sunni nor Shi'ite, that emerged in the early Islamic period and remains active today in small pockets of North Africa and as the dominant sect of Oman. Despite its antiquity, it has often been misunderstood and remains little known. Seeking to redress this gap and to introduce this influential Islamic school to the non-Arabic-speaking world, Hoffman offers the first book-length overview of Ibadi theology published in English. Beginning with a concise overview of Ibadi history, Hoffman delineates the sectarian movement's role in the development of Islamic thought, tracing its distinctive teachings and literary history. In the second section,…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 5/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations





Introduction



Al-'Aqida 'I-Wahbiyya



Author's Introduction



The Knowledge of God's Unity



The Knowledge of God



God's Essence and Attributes



The Roots of Religion, the Impossibility of Seeing God, and What Is Necessary and Impossible for God



Affiliation (Walaya) and Dissociation (Bara'a)



How to Deal with People Who Are Not of Muhammad's Umma



Knowledge and Action



'Abd al-'Aziz al-Thamini al-Mus'abi on God's Power and Human Acts, from Kitab Ma'alim al-Din



On the Necessity of the Absolute Oneness of God Most High



On What Is Possible Concerning the Most High


Glossary


Biographical Dictionary


References


Index