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God's Caliph : Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications)
God's Caliph Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam - University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
Author: Patricia Crone, Martin Hinds
This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both head of state and ultimate source of religious law; the Sunni pattern represents the outcome of a co...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521321853
ISBN-10: 0521321859
Publication Date: 11/28/1986
Pages: 155
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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