Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


Conclusion

Considering that religious authority is the nexus between individual charisma (of the authority figures themselves) and collective charisma (of the community and its founding beliefs), traditional religious authority (theologians-jurists, imams and preachers) is undergoing changes within Muslim communities and in their societies in general. The structures of authority are resisting the influence of social media and digitalisation, but less so the social distancing that has fostered the autonomy of individual practices.1 Traditional authority figures respond by claiming more autonomy and service to the community; however, these figures continue to call to the community organizational structures, which benefit mainly to the activists and managers.

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Tartalomjegyzék


Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó – Ludovika Egyetemi Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2024

ISBN: 978 963 454 960 4

Authority is a key question in Islamic studies and beyond. This book examines the nature, figures, structures and functions of religious authority in contemporary Islamic ethics. It also discusses how Islamic authority and political power compete and/or cooperate in Muslim contexts and Europe. Moreover, it provides a coherent framework to understand authority as a moral foundation in relation to community, power, tradition and subversion. Various cases from Europe and the Muslim world are studied here to showcase the claims and practices of authority in their contexts. Despite its active role and resourcefulness in contemporary Islam, religious authority has to confront many limitations, including the dynamics of secularisation and individualisation. The author is a senior researcher at the Religion and Society Research Institute of the Eötvös József Research Centre at the University of Public Service (Budapest).

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/belhaj-authority-in-contemporary-islam//

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