Rainer Brunner

Islamic Ecumenism in the 20th Century: The Azhar and Shiism Between Rapprochement and Restraint

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The present volume describes the various phases of the inner-Islamic ecumenical dialogue in the 20th century between Sunnis and Shiites, the short-lived periods of success it achieved, but also the fierce mutual polemics it inevitably engendered.The examination focuses on the role of the Cairene Azhar University as the most important representative of Sunni Islam and its relations with Shiite scholars. Particular importance is attached to the interdependency of theological arguments and the political motivations of the interlocutors, and especially to the significance of Islamic ecumenism for Egyptian foreign policy in the 1950s.Although the… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-90-04-12548-3
EAN: 9789004125483
Produktnummer: 2430548
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 435 S.
Masse: H24.2 cm x B16.5 cm x D3.4 cm 957 g
Reihenbandnummer: 91
Gewicht: 957

Über den Autor

Rainer Brunner, Ph.D. (1996) in Islamic Studies, University of Freiburg, is Assistant Professor there. He has worked extensively on the history and doctrine of Twelver Shiism and on Sunni-Shiite relations. His publications include The Twelver Shia in Modern Times (ed. with Werner Ende; Brill, 2001).