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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (189 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781588269973
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.8/14
LOC classification:
  • BP63.S33 ǂb R455 2009eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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