God's Caliph: Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam
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This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both head of state and ultimate source of religious law; the Sunni pattern represents the outcome of a conflict between the caliph and early scholars who, as spokesmen of the community, assumed religious leadership...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521541115
ISBN13:9780521541114
Release Date:September 2003
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:164 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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