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Authors: Miriam Hoexter (Editor), Nehemia Levtzion (Editor), Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (Editor), S. N. Eisenstadt (Editor), Nehemia Levtzion
ISBN-13: 9780791453681, ISBN-10: 0791453685
Format: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: July 2002
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Miriam Hoexter

Book Synopsis

Multidisciplinary examination of the public sphere in traditional Muslim society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Foreword: The Religious Public Sphere in Early Muslim Societies1
Introduction9
1The Mihna (Inquisition) and the Public Sphere17
2Religious Leadership and Associations in the Public Sphere of Seljuk Baghdad31
3Religion in the Public Sphere: Rulers, Scholars, and Commoners in Syria Under Zangid and Ayyubid Rule (1150-1260)49
4The Public Sphere and Civil Society in the Ottoman Empire65
5The Qadi's Role in The Islamization of Sedentary Tribal Society83
6The Dynamics of Sufi Brotherhoods109
7The Waqf and the Public Sphere119
8Concluding Remarks: Public Sphere, Civil Society, and Political Dynamics in Islamic Societies139
Works Cited163
List of Contributors185
Index187

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