Religious tradition, economic domination and political legitimacy: Morocco and Oman

Contenu

Titre

Religious tradition, economic domination and political legitimacy: Morocco and Oman

Créateur

Eickelman, Dale F. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

1980

Dans

Revue de l'Occident musulman et de la Méditerranée Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

Oman, as it has been cut off from its neighbours and from western influence unto recent years, seems the right country for studying so-called traditional Islam. But, as soon as it is approached from the ethnographic and social historical point of view, the notion of tradition appears more complex than that can be extracted from religious texts and authorities. It is replaced by that of traditions where political and religious powers interfere. Although many ethnic groups and various religious identities coexist, Oman’s religion is mainly the Ibāḍī Islam marked by an egalitarianism convenient to the “tribe” organization and by the imamate leadership. The social organization and the religious rule were, however, influenced by involvement in maritime trade and dominions in East Africa. Sociological comparisons with Morocco enlight the complex relations which exist and have existed between religion, social organization, economic and political power.

Langue

eng

volume

29

pages

17-30

Source

Fonds Martin Custers Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Ibadica Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Eickelman, Dale F., “Religious tradition, economic domination and political legitimacy: Morocco and Oman”, 1980, bibliographie, consulté le 18 septembre 2024, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/6996