Ecumenical community : : language and politics of the ummah in the Qur'an / / by Hamza M. Zafer.
"In Ecumenical Community, Hamza M. Zafer explores the language and politics of community-formation in the Qurʼan. Zafer proposes that ecumenism, or the inclusivity of social difference, was a key alliance-building strategy in the western Arabian proto-Muslim communitarian movement (1st/7th cent...
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| Superior document: | Texts and studies on the Qur'an ; Volume 17 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : BRILL,, [2021] 2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texts and studies on the Quran ;
Volume 17. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (229 pages). |
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| Summary: | "In Ecumenical Community, Hamza M. Zafer explores the language and politics of community-formation in the Qurʼan. Zafer proposes that ecumenism, or the inclusivity of social difference, was a key alliance-building strategy in the western Arabian proto-Muslim communitarian movement (1st/7th century). The Proto-Muslims imagined that their pietistic community-the ummah-transcended but did not efface prior social differences based in class, clan, and custom. In highlighting the inclusive orientation of the Qurʼan's ummah-building program, Zafer provides new insights into the development of early Islam and the period preceding the Arab conquests"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9004442995 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Hamza M. Zafer. |