Wahhabi Islam : from revival and reform to global Jihad /

DeLong-Bas, Natana J.

Wahhabi Islam : from revival and reform to global Jihad / Natana J. DeLong-Bas. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - ix, 370 p. : map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-359) and index.

Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the origins of Wahhabism : the eighteenth-century context -- The theology and worldview of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab -- Islamic law : separation of the divine from the human -- Women and Wahhabis : in defense of women's rights -- Jihad : call to Islam or call to violence? -- The trajectory of Wahhabism : from revival and reform to global Jihad.

0195169911 (cloth : alk. paper)

2003016382


Mu|hammad ibn |Abd al-Wahh|ab, 1703 or 4-1792.


Wahh|ab|iyah.
Islamic fundamentalism--History.
Islam--Doctrines.

BP195.W2 / D45 2004

297.8/14