Sectarianism without sects /

"This book develops a theory of sectarianism and its relationship with communities of shared religion and with the emergence of imagined communities of this kind. Distinguishing between social sectarianism and political sectarianism, it discusses the relationship of political sectarianism to co...

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Main Author:	Bishārah, ʻAzmī (Author)
Other Authors:	Hitchcock, Chris (Translator) (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English, translated from Arabic.
Published:	London : Hurst & Company, 2021.
Subjects:	Religious tolerance > Arab countries > History. Religious discrimination > Arab countries > History. Islam > Relations. Communalism > Arab countries. Sects > Arab countries > History. Secularism. Sects > Social aspects > Arab countries. Religion and politics > Arab countries. Religion and state > Arab countries. Religion and state. Religion and politics. Tolérance religieuse > États arabes > Histoire. Discrimination religieuse > États arabes > Histoire. Communalisme > États arabes. Sectes > États arabes > Histoire. Sectes > Aspect social. Religion et État. Religion et politique. Sectes > Aspect social > États arabes. Religion et politique > États arabes. Religion et État > États arabes. Religious tolerance Religious discrimination Islam Interfaith relations Communalism Religion and politics Religion and state Sects Secularism Arab countries Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

1. On the Problematic of Sectarianism
2. Mapping Terms: Towards Analytical Conceptualisation
3. Confessionalisation as a Prelude to Sectarianisation
4. Is a Ta'ifa a Community?
5. Firqa and Ijtiraq in Islam
6. Social Conflict, Sects, and Foreign Intervention: The Tanzimat and the Events of 1860
7. Ibn Khaldun's 'ʻAsabiyya and Sects'
8. Sectarianism, its Historicity, and Some Ethical Implications
9. Nothing Eternal About It
10. Is Modern Sectarianism a Product of Secularisation?
11. Community to Imagined Community, Social Sectarianism to Political Sectarianism
12. Sectarianism from Popular Participation in the Public Sphere to a Barrier to Participation
13. Majorities, Minorities, and Tolerance.