Islam in Historical Perspective provides readers with an introduction to Islam, Islamic history and societies with carefully selected historical and scriptural evidence that enables them to form a comprehensive and balanced vision of Islam’s rise and evolution across the centuries and up to the present day. Combining historical and chronological approaches, the book examines intellectual dialogues and socio-political struggles within the extraordinary rich Islamic tradition. Treating Islam as a social and political force, the book also addresses Muslim devotional practices, artistic creativity and the structures of everyday existence. Islam in Historical Perspective is designed to help readers to develop personal empathy for the subject by relating it to their own experiences and burning issues of today. It contains a wealth of historical anecdotes and quotations from original sources that are intended to emphasize its principal points in a memorable way.This new edition features a thoroughly revised and updated text, new illustrations, expanded study questions and chapter summaries.
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Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Dates1 Arabia: The Cradle of Islam2 Muhammad and the Beginnings of Islam: The Making of the Muslim Community3 After Muhammad: The Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Conquests4 The Murder of ‘Uthman, the Fitna Wars, and the Rise and Consolidation of the Umayyad Dynasty5 The Principal Source of Islam: The Qur’an6 The Prophetic Hadíth and Sunna and the Emergence of the Shari‘a7 The Problem of the Just Ruler and the First Divisions Within the Community8 The ‘Abbásid Revolution and Beyond9 Islamic Scholarship Under the ‘Abbásids: The Rise and Development of the Schools of Law10 Islamic Scholarship Under the ‘Abbásids: Theological Debates and Schools of Thought11 Twelver Shi‘ism and Zaydism12 Shi‘ism as a Revolutionary Movement: The Isma‘ilis13 Ascetic and Mystical Movement in Islam: Sufism14 Intellectual Struggles in Premodern Islam: Philosophy Versus Theology15 Transmission and Conservation of Knowledge: ‘Ulamá’ , Mádrasas, and Sufi Lodges16 The Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam: Islamic Life Cycle17 Islamic Art and Religious Architecture (Mosque)18 Women in Islamic Societies19 Islam and the West20 Islam in the Gunpowder Empires: The World of Islam Faces Modernity and European Colonialism21 Renewal and Reform in Islam: The Emergence of Islamic Modernism and Reformism22 Islam as a Political Force and Vehicle of Opposition23 Islam Reinterpreted: Major Trends in Islamic Thought Today24 The Ideology and Practice of Globalized JihadismBibliography Index
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Authoritatively written and astutely arranged, Islam in Historical Perspective provides a comprehensive, historically contextualized narrative of the development of the Islamic tradition from its origin to the present day. Erik S. Ohlander, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne, USAPraise for the first edition: An intellectually stimulating, lucidly written work with excellent discussion questions at the end of each chapter. I look forward to assigning the second edition to my students. Dr Younus Mirza, Allegheny College, USA
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ISBN
9781138193703
Publisert
2016-11-10
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
1156 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
534

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Biographical note

Alexander Knysh is Professor of Islamic Studies at the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan and Academic Project Director, at St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation.