Essentials of Ibadi Islam

Informationen zum Autor Valerie J. Hoffman is professor of religion and director of the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of Sufism, Mystics, and Saints in Modern Egypt. Klappentext Ibadi Islam is a distinct sect of Islam, neither Sunni nor Shi'ite, that emerged in the early Islamic period and remains active today in small pockets of North Africa and as the dominant sect of Oman. Despite its antiquity, it has often been misunderstood and remains little known. Seeking to redress this gap and to introduce this influential Islamic school to the non-Arabic-speaking world, Hoffman offers the first book-length overview of Ibadi theology published in English. Zusammenfassung The first book-length overview of the theology of the Ibadi Islam! a distinct sect of Islam! neither Sunni nor Shi'ite! that emerged in the early Islamic period and remains today in small pockets of North Africa and as the dominant sect of Oman.

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• Authors: Valerie Hoffman, Valerie J Hoffman, Valerie J. Hoffman, HOFFMAN VALERIE J
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2012
• EAN: 9780815632887
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3288-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East; Modern Intellectual and Politi; Modern Intellectual and Politi; Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions