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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
Multidisciplinary examination of the public sphere in traditional Muslim society.
Acknowledgments | ||
Note on Transliteration | ||
Foreword: The Religious Public Sphere in Early Muslim Societies | 1 | |
Introduction | 9 | |
1 | The Mihna (Inquisition) and the Public Sphere | 17 |
2 | Religious Leadership and Associations in the Public Sphere of Seljuk Baghdad | 31 |
3 | Religion in the Public Sphere: Rulers, Scholars, and Commoners in Syria Under Zangid and Ayyubid Rule (1150-1260) | 49 |
4 | The Public Sphere and Civil Society in the Ottoman Empire | 65 |
5 | The Qadi's Role in The Islamization of Sedentary Tribal Society | 83 |
6 | The Dynamics of Sufi Brotherhoods | 109 |
7 | The Waqf and the Public Sphere | 119 |
8 | Concluding Remarks: Public Sphere, Civil Society, and Political Dynamics in Islamic Societies | 139 |
Works Cited | 163 | |
List of Contributors | 185 | |
Index | 187 |