Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy The Making of Sunnism, from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century
Book contents
- Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
- Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Part I History of Orthodoxy
- Part II Heresy and Society
- 4 Regionalism and Topographies of Heresy
- 5 Ethnogenesis and Heresy
- 6 Politics: Rebellion and Heresy
- 7 Religion and Society
- Part III Unmaking Heresy: Orthodoxy as History Writing
- Part IV The Formation of Classical Sunnism
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Religion and Society
from Part II - Heresy and Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2023
Book contents
- Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
- Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Part I History of Orthodoxy
- Part II Heresy and Society
- 4 Regionalism and Topographies of Heresy
- 5 Ethnogenesis and Heresy
- 6 Politics: Rebellion and Heresy
- 7 Religion and Society
- Part III Unmaking Heresy: Orthodoxy as History Writing
- Part IV The Formation of Classical Sunnism
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter distils a massive reservoir of discourses of heresy against Abu Hanifa to document the capaciousness of the proto-Sunni traditionalist effort to marginalise him and his followers. It identifies the multifarious nature of criticisms against him: proto-Sunni traditionalists assailing him on account of his jurisprudence, expertise in hadith, theology, and piety. This chapter closes with a discussion of the social regulation of heresy and orthodoxy in the eighth to tenth centuries.
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- Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic OrthodoxyThe Making of Sunnism, from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century, pp. 206 - 260Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023