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Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy - The Making of Sunnism, from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century (Hardcover)
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Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy - The Making of Sunnism, from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century (Hardcover)
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Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, many defining features
of classical Sunni Islam began to take shape. Among these was the
formation of medieval Sunnism around the belief in the
unimpeachable orthodoxy of four eponymous founders and their
schools of law. In this original study, Ahmad Khan explores the
history and cultural memory of one of these eponymous founders, Abu
Hanifa. Showing how Abu Hanifa evolved from being the object of
intense religious exclusion to a pillar of Sunni orthodoxy, Khan
examines the concepts of orthodoxy and heresy, and outlines their
changing meanings over the course of four centuries. He
demonstrates that orthodoxy and heresy were neither fixed
theological categories, nor pious fictions, but instead were
impacted by everything from law and politics, to society and
culture. This book illuminates the significant yet often neglected
transformations in Islamic social, political and religious thought
during this vibrant period.
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