The Heretic Talks Back: Feigning Orthodoxy in Ṣaffār al-Qummī’s "Baṣāʾir al-Darajāt" (d. 902–3)
In this essay I study a piece of early Islamic polemical literature concerned with accusations of libertinism - illicit sex, wine drinking, and other offenses - along with some unorthodox teachings. Through the study of this text, I explore the role of social context and configurations of power in t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2022
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History of religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 362-388 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Near East
/ Islam
/ Heresy
/ Polemics
/ History 800-1000
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa TF Early Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | In this essay I study a piece of early Islamic polemical literature concerned with accusations of libertinism - illicit sex, wine drinking, and other offenses - along with some unorthodox teachings. Through the study of this text, I explore the role of social context and configurations of power in the way premodern Islamic theological discourses have been formulated. In particular, I look at how, in a situation of power imbalance, members of a maligned minority group have pretended to renounce what the majority might have found offensive, while actually trying to renounce as little as possible. |
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| ISSN: | 1545-6935 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: History of religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/719004 |