Clerics of Islam: Religious Authority and Political Power in Saudi Arabia
Clerics of Islam: Religious Authority and Political Power in Saudi Arabia
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Abstract
Followers of Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab, often considered to be Islam's Martin Luther, shaped the political and religious identity of the Saudi state while also enabling the significant worldwide expansion of Salafist Islam. Studies of the movement he inspired, however, have often been limited by scholars' insufficient access to key sources within Saudi Arabia. This book includes details from interviews and observations gathered from research in important Saudi archives. The text studies the Wahhabi religious movement from its founding to the modern day. Gleaning information from both written and oral sources and employing a multidisciplinary approach that combines history, sociology, and Islamic studies, the text presents a new reading of this movement that transcends the usual resort to polemics.
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Front Matter
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Introduction: The Ulama, Clerics of Islam
Nabil Mouline andEthan S. Rundell
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The Birth of the Hanbali Tradition
Nabil Mouline andEthan S. Rundell
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Shedding New Light on the Life of Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab
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Hanbali-Wahhabism in the Nineteenth Century: Grandeur and Decadence
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The Birth of a Kingdom and the Renaissance of a Tradition
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Routinization and Institutionalization of Hanbali-Wahhabism
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The Committee of Grand Ulama: An Organization in the Service of the Prince . . . and the Population
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Raising the Veil on the Conditions of Access to the Religious Establishment
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Religious Authority in Practice: The Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
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At the Crossroads: The Religious Establishment Put to the Test of the Saudi Politico-Religious Space
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Conclusion
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End Matter
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