Ecumenical Community
Language and Politics of the Ummah in the Qurʾan
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Word Count
54,250 words, Guess
Page Count
217 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL34951718M
- ISBN-139789004442986
- OCLC Control Number1193558742
- Library of Congress Control Number2020040950
Classifications
- LCCBP170.82.Z34 2020
Description
"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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