• Introducing Islam
  • [NT 42944] Record Type: [NT 1579] Language materials, printed : [NT 40817] monographic
    [NT 47261] Author: ShepardWilliam E., 1933-
    [NT 47351] Place of Publication: London
    [NT 47263] Published: Routledge;
    [NT 47352] Year of Publication: 2009.
    [NT 47264] Description: xviii, 333 p.ill., maps : 26 cm.;
    [NT 47298] Series: World religions series
    [NT 47266] Subject: Islam. -
    [NT 47266] Subject: Islam - History. -
    [NT 50961] ISBN: 9780415455176
    [NT 60779] Content Note: Introduction : approaching the subject -- History of the community -- On the eve of Islam : the Hellenistic-Iranian world -- Arabia : Muhammad and history of Islam to about 700 CE -- Expansion and flowering : history of Islam from about 700 to 1700 CE -- Aspects of Islam -- The Qurʾan -- The prophet Muhammad : "the best of all creation" -- Rituals and celebrations -- Divisions in the umma : sects, political theory -- Those who know : scholars and learning -- To know God's will : Islamic law -- Theology and philosophy -- The path to God : Sufism and wisdom -- Three major figures : a philosopher, a scholar-mystic, and a reformer -- Culture and counter-culture : literature and other arts -- Modern developments -- Modern challenges : Western imperialism and Muslim response -- Turkey : secularist reform -- Ideology and politics in Egypt : between secularism and Islamism -- Ideology and politics in Iran : from secularism to Islamic revolution -- Indonesia : Islamic society or Islamic state? -- Globalization.
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