Canon and Censorship in Islamic Intellectual History

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-11-158485-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Islam - Thought, Culture, and Society

Since no religious institution has emerged from Islamic religious history that is the sole and binding determinant of legitimate faith, Muslim scholars had to legitimize their religious positions in a different way. Canonisation and censorship processes, this volume argues, played a decisive role in the formation and deconstruction of religious authority. This volume therefore examines how texts, positions and the people behind them gain or lose their authority, and which structural, contextual and institutional factors contribute to the establishment or suppression, but also to the maintenance of this claim. Case studies from different historical periods and regions of the Islamic world show how certain religious beliefs gain legitimacy and others lose legitimacy in a specific historical context.

Zielgruppe

Scholars in Islamic studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gharaibeh, Mohammad

Dziri, Bacem

Dziri, Amir

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Einzelne Gruppen

Über Autor(innen)

Mohammad Gharaibeh und Bacem Dziri, Humboldt-Universität Berlin und Amir Dziri, Universität Freiburg, Schweiz.

Mohammad Gharaibeh and Bacem Dziri, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany and Amir Dziri, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.