The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam

Volume 2

Heirs of the Prophet: Authority and Power

 

Editors:

Rachida Chih, Stefan Reichmuth, and David Jordan

 

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, Volume: 159/2

https://brill.com/view/title/60455

This second collective volume of the series The Presence of the Prophet explores the growing importance of the figure of the Prophet Muhammad for questions of authority and power in early modern and modern times.
The authors provide a rich collection of case studies on how Muhammad’s material, spiritual, and genealogical heritage has been claimed for the foundation of Muslim empires, revolutionary movements, the formation of modern nation states and ideologies, as well as for communal mobilization and social reform.
This novel comparative, and diachronic study, which is unique for its wide coverage of regional cases and perspectives, reveals diverse political representations of the Prophet in an increasingly globalised struggle over the control of his image between secularization and sacralization.

Contributors
Gianfranco Bria, Rachida Chih, Christoph Günther, Gottfried Hagen, Jan-Peter Hartung, David Jordan, Soraya Khodamoradi, Jamal Malik, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Alix Philippon, Martin Riexinger, Stefan Reichmuth, Dilek Sarmis, Renaud Soler, Jaafar Ben El Haj Soulami, Florian Zemmin.

 

Copyright Year: 2022

E-Book (PDF) Availability: Not Yet Published ISBN: 978-90-04-46675-3 Publication Date: 16 Dec 2021

Hardback Availability: Not Yet Published ISBN: 978-90-04-46674-6 Publication Date: 16 Dec 2021

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