Scan barcode
164 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521541114
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 18 September 2003
Description
This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings
164 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521541114
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 18 September 2003
Description
This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings