Abdessamad Belhaj

Authority in Contemporary Islam

Structures, Figures and Functions


A discussion: two paradigms of religious dissidence

Having described the three stages of religious dissidence in contemporary Islamic ethics (authorisation, dissent and punishment/persecution) through the cases of Hilālī and Kadīvar, I will now move on to discuss what this investigation entails in terms of consistencies and irregularities. Rather than seeing a divide between Sunni and Shīʿī paradigms of dissent, I will argue that the divide exists between autonomous and politically dependent religious authority.

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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