Unity in diversity : mysticism, messianism and the construction of religious authority in Islam /

What are the mechanisms of change and adaptation in Islam, regarded as a living organism, and how do they work? How did these mechanisms preserve the integrity of Muslim civilization through the innumerable hazards, divisions and devastations of time? From the perspective of history and intellectual...

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Other Authors: Mir-Kasimov, Orkhan.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Series: Islamic History and Civilization 105.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262485.

Subjects:

Authority > Religious aspects > Islam.

Sufism.

Mysticism > Islam.

Messiah > Islam.