In Search of the Caliphate
"In Search of the Caliphate" discusses the historic split between Sunni and Shi'ite Islams in religious studies textbooks, general reference resources, multi-volume reference works on Islam, and briefly suggests other resources (monographs and articles). In analyzing textbooks, the ar...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge
[2017]
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Journal of religious and theological information
Année: 2017, Volume: 16, Numéro: 2, Pages: 43-51 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse BJ Islam TA Histoire |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Shi'ah Islam
B Sunni Islam B religious studies textbooks B Islamic history |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Résumé: | "In Search of the Caliphate" discusses the historic split between Sunni and Shi'ite Islams in religious studies textbooks, general reference resources, multi-volume reference works on Islam, and briefly suggests other resources (monographs and articles). In analyzing textbooks, the article uses a template taken from the Encyclopedia of Religion (2005) and looks for the following characteristics in the discussion: the question of authority and succession in Islam after the death of the Prophet Mohammad; esoteric knowledge and the role of the Imam (particularly in Shi'a); the assassination of Husayn (the grandson of Mohammed); and the appearance of the eschatological figure of the Madhi in Twelver Shi'a. "Twelver Shi'ism" is used as a search term to analyze the information in reference works (both general works and those devoted to Islam). The conclusion highlights the challenges in researching this topic in a university library. |
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| ISSN: | 1528-6924 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious and theological information
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10477845.2017.1281066 |