The Roots and Achievements of the Early Proto-Sunni Movement: A Profile and Interpretation
In recent years, the term “proto-Sunni” has become common in scholarship on the early centuries of Islam. Drawing on categories developed by Peter Berger, this study seeks to move toward a more inclusive portrait of the early proto-Sunni movement and a more organic understanding of the movement'...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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The Muslim world
Año: 2014, Volumen: 104, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 71-88 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
plausibility structures
B Sunni Islam B proto-Sunni |
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| Sumario: | In recent years, the term “proto-Sunni” has become common in scholarship on the early centuries of Islam. Drawing on categories developed by Peter Berger, this study seeks to move toward a more inclusive portrait of the early proto-Sunni movement and a more organic understanding of the movement's success. It argues that owing to the erosion of several of the “plausibility structures” of earliest Islam, three tendencies emerged among the proto-Sunnis between the early 8th and mid-9th centuries C.E.: proto-Sunnis as traditionist ῾ulamā᾽, proto-Sunnis as pious ascetics, and proto-Sunnis as volunteer holy warriors. The prestige acquired through their activities in these areas enabled the early proto-Sunnis to “objectify” and “legitimize” new plausibility structures which would prove decisive to an eventual Sunni consensus. |
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| ISSN: | 1478-1913 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: The Muslim world
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/muwo.12035 |
