"One of the most important questions that human beings have to understand": Salafism as Islamic deferentialist fundamentalism
In the present article, the authors argue that the study of Salafism as a contemporary Islamic new religious movement could benefit from an analytical perspective separating fundamentalism into the modes of inferentialism and deferentialism. The basics of these concepts are outlined and discussed in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Approaching religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 59-76 |
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Swedes
/ Salafīyah
/ Fundamentalism
/ Obedience
/ Holy books
/ Web page
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion AH Religious education BJ Islam KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia NBA Dogmatics NCB Personal ethics |
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Inferentialism
B Salafism B Deferentialism B Fundamentalism B Theofundamentalism |
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| Summary: | In the present article, the authors argue that the study of Salafism as a contemporary Islamic new religious movement could benefit from an analytical perspective separating fundamentalism into the modes of inferentialism and deferentialism. The basics of these concepts are outlined and discussed in relation to different aspects of contemporary Salafism as well as in relation to previous tendencies in Islamic history. As a case study, the authors employ the concept in an analysis of a contemporary Swedish Salafi discourse on the "wiping of the (leather) socks" in the context of ritual purity. The authors argue that the concept of "deferential fundamentalism" has a potential in the study of Salafism in that it allows for comparative analysis, both cross-religiously and diachronically, in contextualising Salafism historically. It also allows for an analysis of Salafi thought and practice in relation to theories of how human beings in general process social information. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-3121 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.112804 |