The Islam from the edge: The role of Ibadi minority in the evolution of Islamic History, Theology and Law

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Francesca, Ersilia. 2023. « The Islam from the Edge: The Role of Ibadi Minority in the Evolution of Islamic History, Theology and Law ». In Il Mondo Musulmano: Religione, Storia, Letteratura. Studi in Onore Di Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, 153-71. Istituto per l’Oriente C. A. Nallino, bibliographie, consulté le 3 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/52190

Titre
The Islam from the edge: The role of Ibadi minority in the evolution of Islamic History, Theology and Law
Créateur
Francesca, Ersilia
Résumé
My contribution starts from a question: Why study Islam from the edge? I think that reading Islam from the edge provides with a unique opportunity to chart alternatives to the dominant and Sunnī-centric narratives on Islam. The Sunnī/“orthodox” mainstream and the sectarian/“heterodox” Islam concurred in elaborating historical readings, which are conflicting but, at same time, simultaneous and interdependent. Ibadism is a fundamental (but often forgotten) religious and legal school of Islam which represents nowadays a minority scattered between Oman and North Africa. Having formulated their views early and moved into relative isolation soon thereafter, the Ibāḍīs preserved old doctrines that are no longer extant in the mainstream tradition. Thus, their heritage has a great potential for the reconstruction of Muslim thought in the pre-modern era and for shedding new light on culture and intellectual activity in the Islamic world.
Est une partie de
Il mondo musulmano: religione, storia, letteratura. Studi in onore di Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti
Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino
Numéro
153
Couverture spatiale
Roma
Editeur
Istituto per l'Oriente C. A. Nallino
Date
2024
pages
153-171
Langue
eng
ISBN
979-12-81044-23-4

Francesca, Ersilia. 2023. « The Islam from the Edge: The Role of Ibadi Minority in the Evolution of Islamic History, Theology and Law ». In Il Mondo Musulmano: Religione, Storia, Letteratura. Studi in Onore Di Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, 153-71. Istituto per l’Oriente C. A. Nallino, bibliographie, consulté le 3 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/52190

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