Islamic Ecumenism in the 20th Century

The Azhar and Shiism Between Rapprochement and Restraint
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-90-04-12548-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 91, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 957 g

Reihe: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia

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 main part of the study is confined to the time before 1979, in an epilogue the course of events is followed until most recent developments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brunner, Rainer

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam Geschichte des Islam: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Glaubensrichtungen

Über Autor(innen)

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).