Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia : : Wahhabism and the State / / ed. by Hasan Kosebalaban, Mohammed Ayoob.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Ayoob, Mohammed,; Commins, David,; Craig Jones, Toby,; DeLong-Bas, Natana J.,; Gause, F. Gregory,; Habib, John S.,; Kosebalaban, Hasan,; Lippman, Thomas W.,; Ochsenwald, William,; Okruhlik, Gwenn,; Voll, John O.,; al-Dakhil, Khalid S.,
• HerausgeberIn: Ayoob, Mohammed,; Kosebalaban, Hasan,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1 Introduction: Unraveling the Myths --; Part 1 Wahhabism: Religious Movement and Political Ideology --; 2 Wahhabism and the Question of Religious Tolerance --; 3 Wahhabism as an Ideology of State Formation --; 4 Contestation and Authority in Wahhabi Polemics --; Part 2 Wahhabism and the Saudi State --; 5 Wahhabi Origins of the Contemporary Saudi State --; 6 The Annexation of the Hijaz --; 7 State Power, Religious Privilege, and Myths About Political Reform --; 8 Religious Revivalism and Its Challenge to the Saudi Regime --; Part 3 Saudi-US Relations --; 9 A Most Improbable Alliance: Placing Interests over Ideology --; 10 Official Wahhabism and the Sanctioning of Saudi-US Relations --; Part 4 Conclusion --; 11 The Impact of the Wahhabi Tradition --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781588269973; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781588269973
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Hasan Kosebalaban, Mohammed Ayoob.

What is Wahhabism? What is its relationship with the Saudi state? Does it play a part in Islamist terrorist threats? These are among the complex questions tackled in Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia. Moving from the historical, social, and political contexts in which Wahhabism originated and flourished to its current internal divisions and its impact on Saudi-US relations, the authors offer thought-provoking, cutting-edge research that helps to unravel the mystery that has long surrounded the subject.