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Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam: The Muslim Brotherhood, Ash'arism, and Political Sunnism

By Jeffry R. Halverson

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
0230102794, 9780230102798
LCC
BP166 .H2267 2009
Google Books ID
TM-MQQAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL23736569M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1273574 bytes)
Pages
197\197
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

The history of Sunni theology (kalam) is little known, but the impact of its demise has profoundly shaped modern Islam. This book explores the correlation between anti-theological thought and the rise of Islamism in the twentieth century. It focuses specifically on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and the leadership of Umar al-Tilmisani (d. 1986). In doing so, the sociopolitical implications of anti-theological creedalism and its postcolonial intermarriage with the modern nation-state are analyzed. Ultimately, this study seeks to know whether a revival of Sunni theology, as a rational discourse on religion, can dilute the absolutism of increasingly pervasive Islamist thought in the contemporary Muslim world.

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