TY - BOOK AU - Ephrat,Daphna AU - Hatina,Meir TI - Religious Knowledge, Authority, and Charisma: Islamic and Jewish Perspectives T2 - Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud Series SN - 9781607812791 AV - BL51 PY - 2013/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Utah Press KW - Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) KW - Authority--Religious aspects--Islam KW - Authority--Religious aspects--Judaism KW - Charisma (Personality trait)--Religious aspects--Islam KW - Charisma (Personality trait)--Religious aspects--Judaism KW - RELIGION / Islam / History. bisacsh KW - HISTORY / Jewish. bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- A Note on Transliteration,Dates, and Periodization -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Constructions of Religious Leadership in the Formative Period -- Overview -- 1. Authority within the Hanbali Madhhab -- 2. Restoring the Prophet's Authority, Rejecting Taqlid -- 3. Succession of the Prophets -- 4. Oral Torah -- II. Centralization and Diffusion of Authority in the Middle Period -- Overview -- 5. Spiritual Heirs of the Prophet -- 6. ʿUlamaʾ of Damascus and Ottoman ʿUlamaʾ -- 7. Books, Commentators, and the Democratization of Knowledge in the Geonic Period -- III. Knowledge and Leadership -- Overview -- 8. The Rise of a Charismatic Mujahid -- 9. Martyrs as Preachers -- 10. The New Media and Islamic Activism -- 11. Charisma and Politics in the Evolution of Modern Shiʿi Leadership -- 12. In Search of Religious Authority -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- 13. Maggid or Prediger? -- 14. The Religious Career Opportunities of Lay Preachers -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Utah Series in Middle East Studies UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3443902 ER -