RT Book
T1 The charismatic community: Shiʿite identity in early Islam
T2 SUNY series in Islam
A1 Dakake, Maria Massi 1968-
LA English
PP Albany
PB State University of New York Press
YR 2007
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/511395256
AB Introduction -- Pt. I. The principle of walāyah and the origins of the community -- Walāyah in the Islamic tradition -- The Ghadīr Khumm tradition: walāyah and the spiritual distinctions of  ʻAlī b. Abī Ṭālib -- Walāyah, authority and religious community in the first civil war -- The Shiʻite community in the aftermath of the first civil war -- Pt. II. Walāyah, faith and the charismatic nature of Shiʻite identity -- Walāyah as the essence of religion: theological developments at the turn of the second Islamic century -- Membership in the Shiʻite community and salvation -- Predestination and the mythological origins of Shiʻite identity -- The charismatic nature and spiritual distinction of the Shiʻites -- Pt. III. Creating a community within a community -- Shiʻites and non-Shiʻites: the distinction between Imān and Islām -- Degrees of faith: establishing a hierarchy within the Shiʻite community  -- "Rarer than red sulphur": women's identity in early Shiʻism -- Perforated boundaries: establishing two codes of conduct
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index
CN a
SN 0-7914-7033-4
SN 978-0-7914-7033-6
SN 978-0-7914-7034-3
K1 Shiites : History
K1 Shīʻah : History
K1 Shīʿah : History