Law, Tradition, and Innovation in Islamic Preaching in the Medieval Muslim West during the Almohad Period

Jones, Linda Gale (2018) Law, Tradition, and Innovation in Islamic Preaching in the Medieval Muslim West during the Almohad Period. In: Verbum e ius: predicazione e sistemi giuridici nell'Occidente medievale = preaching and legal frameworks in the Middle Ages. Reti Medievali E-Book (32). Firenze University Press, Firenze, pp. 141-158. ISBN 978-88-6453-809-9

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Abstract

While the symbiosis between law, morality, and religion is generally true of premodern Islamic societies, the interrelation among them was unparalleled under Almohad rule in the Maghreb and al-Andalus. This article discusses how the so-called “Almohad sermon” epitomized this heightened legal-moral-theological interaction. It begins with an overview of Maliki law, the legal prescriptions that determined the juridical validity of preaching, and the problem of «innovation (bid‘a)» as it pertains to preaching and preachers. It then analyzes the innovations that the Almohads introduced into the canonical sermon in order to propagate their revolutionary model of synthesized theological and juridical authority.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Nella Parte I: La predicazione e la legge fra tarda antichità e riforme: Cristianesimo, Ebraismo, Islam = Preaching and Law between late Antiquity and Reforms (Christianity, Judaism, Islam).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Middle Ages, Law and Religion, Iberian Peninsula, Maghreb, 12th-13th Century, Islamic preaching, Shari‘a, Law, khuṭba, Almohads, Maliki law, Bid‘a (innovation), Sermon
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2019 14:16
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2019 14:16
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/4966

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