Shi¿ite Salafism?

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-18741-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 183 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 256 g

Reihe: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History

This book is about the emergence of a stream of ideas in the 1930s and 1940s within Imamiyya Shi?ite context, focusing primarily on the thought of Shari?at Sangelaji (1891–1944), who harshly criticized a number of basic theological beliefs within Imamiyya Shi?a. Accusing them of polytheism and superstition on account of their ideas about shifa?a intercession, and their pilgrimage to the graves of the Shi?ite imams, he also criticized the belief that the twelfth imam al-Mahdi  has been living in covertness since the 9th century, and that a number of historical figures will be resurrected upon his return to assist him in the final battle against the evil.    
Taking at once a theological and historical approach, Mohammad Fazlhashemi investigates whether Salafist mainstreaming thoughts, despite its hostile attitude towards Shi?a Islam, had any influence over Shi?ite theology. He explores whether and what components of the Salafist traditionof ideas have been adopted by theologians within Imamiyya shi?a or whether in fact whether these changes were the result of an internal theological tug-of-war within the Imamiyya Shi?a that was influenced by the interwar modernization efforts. Fazlhashemi examines the characteristic features of this flow of ideas, its sources of inspiration, the reception of its thought, and the imprints it made on theological currents within Imamiyya shi?a in Iran during its time and time thereafter.  

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fazlhashemi, Mohammad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Internal critique of religion.- Chapter 3: Return to the Qur'an- Chapter 4: Anti-Polytheism.- Chapter 5: The Legacy.- Chapter 6: Authentic Islam.

Über Autor(innen)

Mohammad Fazlhashemi is professor of Islamic theology and philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden. Previously he was professor of the history of ideas at Umeå University, Sweden.