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Pre-Modern Sunni Authority

Pre-Modern Sunni Authority

Comparison of pre-modern Sunni and Shi'a models of political and religious authority

In pre-modern Sunni thought, political authority was understood as contractual. The community (ummah) gave allegiance to a ruler through a pledge of loyalty known as bay‘ah.

Challenges Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Religious Studies
  3. /Challenges

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level Religious Studies Challenges. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a solid grounding in the philosophical arguments and key scholars before tackling the more evaluation-heavy essay questions.

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