Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, C. 1450-C. 1750

By Tijana Krsti

Articles collected in Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1450-c. 1750 engage with the idea that "Sunnism" itself has a history and trace how particular Islamic genres--ranging from prayer manuals, heresiographies, creeds, hadith and fatwa collections, legal and theological treatises, and historiography to mosques and Sufi convents--developed and were reinterpreted in the Ottoman Empire between c. 1450 and c. 1750. The volume epitomizes the growing scholarly interest in historicizing Islamic discourses and practices of the post-classical era, which has heretofore been styled as a period of decline, reflecting critically on the concepts of 'tradition', 'orthodoxy' and 'orthopraxy' as they were conceived and debated in the context of building and maintaining the longest-lasting Muslim-ruled empire.

Contributors: Helen Pfeifer; Nabil al-Tikriti; Derin Terzioğlu; Tijana Krstic; Nir Shafir; Guy Burak; iğdem Kafes ioğlu; Grigor Boykov; H. Evren S nnet ioğlu; nver R stem; Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer; Vefa Erginbaş; Selim Güng rürler.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004440283
• ISBN13: 9789004440289
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 530 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"