Ecumenical community : language and politics of the ummah in the Qurʾan

Author(s)

• Zafer, Hamza M.

Bibliographic Information

Ecumenical community : language and politics of the ummah in the Qurʾan

by Hamza M. Zafer

（Texts and studies on the Qurʾān, v. 17）

Brill, 2020

• : hardback

Note

Bibliography: p. [185]-207

Includes indexes

Summary: "In Ecumenical Community, Hamza M. Zafer explores the language and politics of community-formation in the Qurʾan. Zafer proposes that ecumenism, or the inclusivity of social difference, was a key alliance-building strategy in the western Arabian proto-Muslim communitarian movement (1st/7th century). The Proto-Muslims imagined that their pietistic community-the ummah-transcended but did not efface prior social differences based in class, clan, and custom. In highlighting the inclusive orientation of the Qurʾan's ummah-building program, Zafer provides new insights into the development of early Islam and the period preceding the Arab conquests"-- Provided by publisher

Contents of Works

• Introduction
• 1. The Ummah and Collectivity
• 2. The Ummah and Class
• 3. The Ummah and Clan
• 4. The Ummah and Custom
• Conclusion
• Appendix 1: The Ummah Proclamation
• Appendix 2:The Ummah Pact
• Appendix 3: The Ummah Surah Sequence
• Bibliography
• Index of Qurʾanic passages
• Index

Details

• NCID: BC02431613
• ISBN:
  • 9789004442986
• LCCN: 2020040950
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engara
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: x, 217 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BP170.82
  • DC23 : 297.2/72
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Islam -- Unity
  • LCSH : Ummah (Islam)
  • LCSH : Politics in the Qurʾan
  • LCSH : Social classes in the Qurʾan
  • LCSH : Qurʾan -- Sociology
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA73714169