5. Routinization and Institutionalization of Hanbali-Wahhabism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Ulama, Clerics of Islam 1
4. 1. The Birth of The Hanbali Tradition 17
5. 2. Shedding New Light on the Life of Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab 46
6. 3. Hanbali-Wahhabism in the Nineteenth Century: Grandeur and Decadence 70
7. 4. The Birth of a Kingdom and the Renaissance of a Tradition 94
8. 5. Routinization and Institutionalization of Hanbali-Wahhabism 119
9. 6. The Committee of Grand Ulama: An Organization in the Service of the Prince . . . and the Population 146
10. 7. Raising the Veil on the Conditions of Access to the Religious Establishment 171
11. 8. Religious Authority in Practice: The Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice 203
12. 9. At the Crossroads: The Religious Establishment Put to the Test of the Saudi Politico-Religious Space 235
13. Conclusion 257
14. Appendix: House of Saud and Map of Saudi Arabia 265
15. Notes 269
16. Bibliography 311