Caliphate and Imamate - An Anthology of Medieval Muslim Texts on Political Theology

List of contents

A Note on the Translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary of Key Terms; 1. A Précis of the Doctrines of Ab¿ 'l-¿asan al-Ash¿ar¿ Ibn F¿rak; 2. The Succour of Nations Amidst the Confusion of Darkness al-Juwayn¿; 3. The Theoretical Underpinning of the Imamate Ab¿ ¿¿lib al-H¿r¿n¿; 4. The Curative Book on the Imamate: A Paraphrastic Rendering al-Shaykh al-¿¿s¿; 5. The Book of Excellence on the Fundamental Principles of Religion Ibn al-Mal¿¿im¿; 6. The concise ¿Abd al-K¿f¿ al-Warjal¿n¿; 7. The Crown of Doctrines and the Mine of Instructive Points al-D¿¿¿ Ibn al-Wal¿d; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Hassan (Institute for Advanced Study Ansari
• Assisted by: Hassan Ansari (Editor), Ansari Hassan (Editor), Nebil Husayn (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2023
• EAN: 9781316510339
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51033-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Middle East, Politics & government, Middle Eastern history, Political science and theory, Islamic and Arab philosophy, Islam: branches and groups, Academic style, Academism, Academicism