Islamic ecumenism in the 20th century : : the Azhar and Shiism between rapprochement and restraint / / Rainer Brunner.

• Superior document: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 91
• VerfasserIn: Brunner, Rainer,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
• Any de publicació: 2004
• Edició: 1st ed.
• Idioma: English
• Col·lecció: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 91.
• Descripció física: 1 online resource (xii, 435 pages)

The present volume describes the various phases of the inner-Islamic ecumenical dialogue in the 20th century between Sunnis and Shiites, the short-lived periods of success it achieved, but also the fierce mutual polemics it inevitably engendered. The examination focuses on the role of the Cairene Az...