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Religion and politics in Saudi Arabia

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What is Wahhabism? What is its relationship with the Saudi state? Does it play a part in Islamist terrorist threats? These are among the complex questions tackled in Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia. Moving from the historical, social, and political contexts in which Wahhabism originated and flourished to its current internal divisions and its impact on Saudi-US relations, the authors offer thought-provoking, cutting-edge research that helps to unravel the mystery that has long surrounded the subject.

Title Religion and politics in Saudi Arabia : Wahhabism and the state / edited by Mohammed Ayoob, Hasan Kosebalaban.
Publisher Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Creation Date 2009
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content ""Book Title""
""Table of Contents""
""Preface""
""ch1-Introduction: Unraveling the Myths""
""Part 1-Wahhabism: Religious Movement and Political Ideology""
""ch2-Wahhabism and the Question of Religious Tolerance""
""Defining Wahhabism and Its Major Themes""
""On Kuffar, Mushrikun, and Dhimmis""
""Interreligious Dialogue Today""
""Conclusion""
""Notes""
""ch3-Wahhabism as an Ideology of State Formation""
""Two Theses: Religion and Modernization""
""The Alternative""
""ch4-Contestation and Authority in Wahhabi Polemics""
""The Formation of a New Scholastic Tradition""
""Challenging Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab�s Scholarly Authority""""Divine Inspiration and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab�s Authority""
""An Anti-Wahhabi Biographical Dictionary""
""Contemporary Assertions of Wahhabi Authority""
""Part2-Wahhabism and the Saudi State""
""ch5-Wahhabi Origins of the Contemporary Saudi State""
""1902�1932: Healing Intra�Saudi Family Rifts""
""1932�1945: Creating a Central Government""
""1945�1953: Formulating Strategic Policy Objectives""
""ch6-The Annexation of the Hijaz""
""Religious Zeal""
""Opposition to Saudi Rule""""Use of the Military and Police""
""Secular Institutions, Symbols, and Uniformity""
""ch7-State Power, Religious Privilege, and Myths About Political Reform""
""Understanding Wahhabism""
""Orthodox “Wahhabi� Exclusivity""
""De-Mythologizing Conservatism""
""The Slippery Slope: Conflating Law, Tradition, and Politics""
""The Irony of Islah: Reform That Consolidates Power""
""Reassertion of Regime Authority""
""Deflecting Attention from Internal Politics""
""The Politics of Resistance and Reform""
""Conclusion: Wahhabism and Nation""""Notes""
""ch8-Religious Revivalism and Its Challenge to the Saudi Regime""
""Foundations of the Sahwa""
""Rise and Politicization of the Sahwa""
""The Spiritual Marketplace and the New Media""
""The Qardawi Effect""
""Part 3-Saudi-US Relations""
""ch9-A Most Improbable Alliance: Placing Interests over Ideology""
""ch10-Official Wahhabism and the Sanctioning of Saudi-US Relations""
""Wahhabism and Saudi Policy Toward the Great Powers""
""Part 4-Conclusion""
""ch11-The Impact of theWahhabi Tradition""""Muslim Movements of Renewal""
""The Eighteenth-Century Context of Religious Reform""
""Ibn Abd al-Wahhab: What Kind of Reformer?""
""Narratives Defining the Role of Wahhabism""
""Bibliography""
""The Contributors""
""Index""
""About the Book""
Extent 1 online resource (197 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2009
National Library system number 997010701163005171
MARC RECORDS

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