Shi'i sectarianism in the Middle East : modernisation and the quest for Islamic universalism /: modernisation and the quest for Islamic universalism. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Modernization and the quest for Islamic universalism
• Further Information: Note: Elisheva Machlis.
• Authors: Machlis, Elisheva
• Contents: Social change and the contest for communal leadership -- Muslim unity: a contemporary reading to historiography -- Modern Shi'i theology: pursuing a rational cross-sectarian worldview -- From fiqh to Shari'a: the creation of an all-Islamic judicial system -- The politicisation of Shi'ism.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (316 pages)
• Subjects: 297.8/042; Shīʻah -- Political aspects -- Middle East; Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites; Sunnites -- Relations -- Shīʻah; RELIGION -- Islam -- General; Interfaith relations; Shīʻah; Shīʻah -- Political aspects; Sunnites; Middle East; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857737786; 0857737783
• Related ISBNs: 9781780767208; 178076720X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 10, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.