Unity in Diversity

Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25903-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 105, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

What are the mechanisms of change and adaptation in Islam, regarded as a living organism, and how do they work? How did these mechanisms preserve the integrity of Muslim civilization through the innumerable hazards, divisions and devastations of time? From the perspective of history and intellectual history, this book focuses on a significant, though still largely under studied, aspect of this immense issue, namely, the role of mystical and messianic ferment in the construction and re-construction of religious authority in Islam. Sixteen scholars address this topic with a variety of approaches, providing a fresh outlook on the trends underlying the evolution of Muslim societies and, in particular, the emergence and consolidation of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires.

Contributors include: Abbas Amanat, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Paul Ballanfat, Shahzad Bashir, Ilker Evrim Binbas, Daniel De Smet, Devin DeWeese, Armin Eschraghi, Omid Ghaemmaghami, Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Todd Lawson, Pierre Lory, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, A. Azfar Moin, William F. Tucker.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Spiritualität & Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Préface, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Introduction: Conflicting Synergy of Patterns of Religious Authority in Islam, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov

Part One - Languages, Concepts and Symbols
La transgression des normes du discours religieux: Remarques sur les shatahat de Abu Bakr al-Shibli, Pierre Lory
Religious Authority & Apocalypse: Tafsir as Experience in an Early Work by the Bab, Todd Lawson
La transmigration des âmes. Une notion problématique dans l’ismaélisme d’époque fatimide, Daniel De Smet
Promised One (maw'ud) or Imaginary One (mawhum)? Some Notes on Twelver Shi'i Mahdi Doctrine and its Discussion in Writings of Baha' Allah, Armin Eschraghi
The Green Isle in Shi'i, Early Shaykhi, and Babi-Baha'i Topography, Omid Ghaemmaghami

Part Two - Post-Mongol Tendencies: Mysticism, Messianism and Universalism
The Kufan Ghulat and Millenarian (Mahdist) Movements in Mongol-Türkmen Iran, William F. Tucker
Intercessory Claims of Sufi Communities during the 14th and 15th Centuries: “Messianic” Legitimizing Strategies on the Spectrum of Normativity, Devin DeWeese
Ummis versus Imams in the Hurufi Prophetology: an Attempt at a Sunni/Shi'i Synthesis?, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
The Occult Challenge to Philosophy and Messianism in Early Timurid Iran: Ibn Turka’s Lettrism as a New Metaphysics, Matthew Melvin-Koushki
Timurid Experimentation with Eschatological Absolutism: Mirza Iskandar, Shah Ni'matullah Wali, and Sayyid Sharif Jurjani in 815/1412, Ilker Evrim Binbas

Part Three - From Mysticism and Messianism to Charismatic Kingship: Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals
L’idéologie d’État concurrencée par son interprétation: les Melami-Hamzevi dans l’empire ottoman, Paul Ballanfat
Kaygusuz Abdal: A Medieval Turkish Saint and the Formation of Vernacular Islam in Anatolia, Ahmet T. Karamustafa
The World as a Hat: Symbolism and Materiality in Safavid Iran, Shahzad Bashir
Persian Nuqtawis and the Shaping of the Doctrine of “Universal Conciliation” (sulh-i kull) in Mughal India, Abbas Amanat
Messianism, Heresy and Historical Narrative in Mughal India, A. Azfar Moin

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, Ph.D. (2007), École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris, France), is a Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London. His publications include several articles and book chapters. His forthcoming monograph deals with the early Hurufi doctrine and its role in the intellectual and socio-political evolution of the post-Mongol Muslim East.