The 'Ulamā' and the State: Negotiating Tradition, Authority and Sovereignty in Contemporary Pakistan
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Mashal Saif
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Moosa, Ebrahim
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Duke University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
367
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Hassan, Mona; Ho, Engseng; Lawrence, Bruce
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-29982-3
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Religion
Body granting the degree
Duke University
Text preceding or following the note
2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation is an account of how contemporary Pakistani 'ulamā' grapple with their political realities and the Islamic state of Pakistan. The central conceptual question that scaffolds my dissertation is: How do Pakistani 'ulamā' negotiate tradition, authority and sovereignty with the Islamic Republic of Pakistan? In engaging with this issue, this dissertation employs a methodology that weds ethnography with rigorous textual analysis. The 'ulamā' that feature in this study belong to a variety of sectarian persuasions. The Sunnī 'ulamā' are Deobandī and Barelvī; the Shī'a 'ulamā' in this study are Ithnā 'Asharī.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Islam;Pakistan;Political theology;State;Ulama