God's Caliph: Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam

by Patricia Crone and Martin Hinds

Book Overview

This study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521541115
• ISBN13: 9780521541114
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"