Product Description: The present volume the first of its kind deals with takf r: accusing ones opponents of unbelief (kufr). Originating in the first decades of Islam, this practice has been applied intermittently ever since. The nineteen studies included here deal with cases, covering different periods and parts of the Muslim world, of individuals or groups that used the instrument of takf r to brand their opponents either persons, groups or even institutions as unbelievers who should be condemned, anathematized or even persecuted...read more

Product Description: The present volume - grown out of an international symposium at the Free University, Berlin in 2002 - is concerned with religious authorities, men and women claiming, projecting and exerting religious authority within a given context...read more

Product Description: This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelung’s articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam and Studies in Medieval ShÄ«ism)...read more

Product Description: This volume represents the state of the art in research on the Muslim legal scholar, theologian and man of letters Ibn azm of Cordoba (d. 456/1064), who is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant minds of Islamic Spain.

Product Description: This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelung's articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, and Religious and Ethnic Movements in Medieval Islam). The first articles here examine legal and political aspects of early Shi`ism...read more

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Basran Mutazilite TheologyAuthor: Adang, Camilia (EDT)/ Madelung, Wilferd (EDT)/ Schmidtke, Sabine (EDT)Publisher: Brill Academic PubPublication Date: 2010/11/30Number of Pages: 318Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress: 201007501...read more

Product Description: Rational speculative theology (kalam) in early Islam was represented most distinctly by the theological school of the Mu tazila. Founded in Basra in the early 8th century, the school soon became predominant in theological scholarship and discourse and remained so until the early 11th century...read more

Gideon Wilde has married the wrong wife! Always in control, Gideon had no room in his life for Cassie. Cassie had been in love with Gideon for years. And now they were married, she was determined to make him finally notice her. It wasn't long before their marriage had turned into a passionate affair.

Product Description: This volume focuses on the theological views of the Imami Shi'ite theologian Muhammad b. Ali b. Ibrahim b. Abi Jumhur al-Ahsa'i (d. after 906/1501), who combined traditional thought of the Mu'tazilites with the philosophical tradition of Ibn Sina (d...read more