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THE PUBLIC SPHERE IN MUSLIM SOCIETIES View Download

editors: MIRIAM HOEXTER, SHMUEL N. EISENSTADT,

NEHEMIA LEVTZION

FOREWORD: THE RELIGIOUS PUBLIC SPHERE

IN EARLY MUSLIM SOCIETIES 1

Dale F. Eickelman

INTRODUCTION 9

Miriam Hoexter and Nehemia Levtzion

1THE MIHNA (INQUISITION) AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE 17

Nimrod Hurvitz

2RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP AND ASSOCIATIONS IN THE

PUBLIC SPHERE OF SELJUK BAGHDAD 31

Daphna Ephrat

3RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: RULERS, SCHOLARS, AND

COMMONERS IN SYRIA UNDER ZANGID AND AYYUBID RULE

(1150–1260) 49

Daniella Talmon-Heller

THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 65

Haim Gerber

5THE QADI’S ROLE IN THE ISLAMIZATION OF

SEDENTARY TRIBAL SOCIETY 83

Aharon Layish

6THE DYNAMICS OF SUFI BROTHERHOODS 109

Nehemia Levtzion

THE WAQF AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE 119

Miriam Hoexter

8CONCLUDING REMARKS: PUBLIC SPHERE, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND

POLITICAL DYNAMICS IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES 139

Shmuel N. Eisenstad