The Druze and their Faith in Tawhid

The Druze and their Faith in Tawhid
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Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 9780815652571
ISBN-13 : 0815652577
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis The Druze and their Faith in Tawhid by : Anis Obeid

As a small sect that emerged from Islam over a thousand years ago, the Druze religion and society has long been cloaked in a tradition of secrecy. Veiled from the outside world, the religious tenets have been vulnerable to distortion, misunderstanding, and misrepresentation. In this book Dr. Anis Obeid, a Druze layman, provides a penetrating analysis of Druze scriptures and beliefs (Tawhid). Presenting a chronological narrative of the foundation and development of the faith, he explains the historical conditions and religious rationale behind this closed religion. The Druze faith is the product of Abrahamic monotheism as it coalesced with other philosophies, belief systems, and political structures of the West and the East and, as Obeid maintains, should be recognized for its core monotheism, and not fundamentally different from Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. He argues convincingly, with examples and translations from the Druze scriptures, only now accessible to a non-initiate public, that Tawhid is a progressive and dynamic spiritual process based on freedom of choice. This rich exploration of their faith, the author’s appeal for a sincere cultural dialogue will resonate with a wide audience in the West and in the Middle East.

The Druzes

The Druzes
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 9004097058
ISBN-13 : 9789004097056
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Druzes by : Nejla M. Abu Izzeddin

When this book was first published in 1984, it was the first extensive study of the Druzes to appear for many years. A small community native only in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, the Druzes have exercised an influence around them greater than their numerical strength. Living for the most part in mountainous territories they have maintained an independent existence for a thousand years. This book places the beliefs of the Druzes in the context of the history of Sh?'ism in its Ism?'?l? form, from which their faith developed. It also describes the role of the Druze community in the history of Lebanon and Syria. In the preparation of this book, the author, a Druze herself, has made use not only of the readily available Arabic and European sources but also of documents and manuscripts that are less easily accessible.

The Israeli Druze Community in Transition

The Israeli Druze Community in Transition
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 113
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ISBN-10 : 9781527567399
ISBN-13 : 1527567397
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Israeli Druze Community in Transition by : Randa Khair Abbas

While there are books that describe the history and traditions of the Druze as an ethnic and religious group, this is the first and only academic book of its kind. It gives voice to the Israeli Druze, through in-depth interviews with 120 people, 60 young adults and 60 of their parents’ generation. How is this traditional group, bound together through the centuries by their secret religion and strong value system, dealing with modernization? What contradictions and continuity come to light in the stories of this people during a time of transition? Can their religion, and their very identity, survive the meeting with the modern, technological world? What resources do the young and the not-so-young bring to the task of preserving their community and helping it to flourish as the world changes around them? The people in this text answer these questions through the telling of their stories, in which they express their values, opinions, beliefs and aspirations. The book draws out theoretical, practical, religious and sociological implications from this analysis, in order to shed light on the challenges faced by other traditional societies meeting modernity.

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 724
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ISBN-10 : 9789004435544
ISBN-13 : 9004435549
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements by :

The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its variants, influences, and neighbouring movements, from a multidisciplinary range of scholars. These chapters highlight the diversity of Islam, especially in its contemporary manifestations, as a religion of many communities, theologies, and ideologies. Over five sections—on Sunni, Shia, Sufi, fundamentalist, and fringe Islamic movements—the authors provide historical overviews, analyses, and in-depth studies of large and small Islamic and related groups from all around the world. The contents of this volume will be of interest to both newcomers to the study of Islam and established scholars of religion who wish to engage with the dynamic label of Islam and the many impactful movements of the Islamic world.

The Druze

The Druze
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 0300048106
ISBN-13 : 9780300048100
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The Druze by : Robert Brenton Betts

Beschrijving van geschiedenis, religie, cultuur, politiek en samenleving van de volksstam die in het grensgebied van Libanon, Israël en Syrië leeft

Conflict on Mount Lebanon

Conflict on Mount Lebanon
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 344
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ISBN-10 : 9781474474191
ISBN-13 : 1474474195
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Conflict on Mount Lebanon by : Makram Rabah

The Druze and the Maronites, arguably the two founding communities of modern Lebanon, have the reputation of being primordial enemies. Makram Rabah attempts to gauge the impact of collective memory on determining the course and the nature of the conflict between these communities in Mount Lebanon. He takes as his focus 'the War of the Mountain' in 1982, reconstructing the events of this war through the framework of collective remembrance and oral history.He challenges the idea that these group identities were constructed by their respective centres of power within the Maronite and Druze community, providing an alternative to the prevailing meta-narrative. Telling the stories of the many people who took part in these events, or who simply suffered as a consequence, helps to expose the intrinsic motives which led to this conflict and makes a valuable contribution to the field of Lebanese historical scholarship.

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion

The Origins of the Druze People and Religion
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Publisher : New York : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 94
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951001691400O
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (0O Downloads)

Synopsis The Origins of the Druze People and Religion by : Philip Khuri Hitti

Attempts to solve the riddle of the unique and secret sect of the Druzes. From who they are, to why and where they are from their beginnings to their religious beliefs.

The Druzes in the Jewish State

The Druzes in the Jewish State
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9789004491915
ISBN-13 : 9004491910
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The Druzes in the Jewish State by : Kais M. Firro

Following the war of 1948 Palestine's Druzes became part of the state of Israel. Overwhelmingly rural, they sought to safeguard their community's age-old ethnic independence by holding on to their traditional ethno-religious particularism. Ethnicity and ethnic issues, however, were ready tools for the Zionists in the pursuit of their policy aims vis-à-vis the state's Arab population. Central among these was the cooptation of part of the Druze elite in an obvious effort to alienate the Druzes from the other Arabs - creating "good" Arabs and "bad" Arabs served the Jewish state as a foil for its ongoing policy of dispossession and control. The author painstakingly documents the political, social and economic factors that ensured the "success" of these Zionist policies, but concludes that the fissured identity of Israel's Druzes today bespeaks a feeling of musiba, tragedy, within the community itself.

Being a Druze

Being a Druze
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Publisher : Spotlight Poets
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015062419471
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Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Being a Druze by : Fuʼād Isḥāq Khūrī

Fuad Khuri touches upon the Druze religion and how it plays a part on the lives of its adherents. Khuri describes the strong in-group feeling within the Druze, even in immigrant populations, and their deep attachment to ethnicity and unbending solidarity, always standing firmly by the power elite in times of crisis. The Druze learn their culture and associated rituals as connected with the cycle of life. 'He or she is always under the watchful eye of the community from birth until death and, then, rebirth'. In attempting to achieve divine manifestation, the Druze have developed not only a unique style of worship, but also a unique style of living and speaking, continuously practicing self-discipline, austerity and a strict behavioral code. Solidarity among the Druze is displayed through their strong belief in reincarnation and in the moderating role played by the religious sheikhs in conflict resolution. This feeling of brotherhood through reincarnation cements social relationships between people and creates equality within the community. Land to the Druze is a marker of identity: 'in order to protect your honor, you must have land and, in order to protect your land, you must have religion