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Introducing Islam / William Shepard.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: World religions (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: xviii, 333 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415455176
  • 0415455170
  • 9780415455183
  • 0415455189
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297 22
LOC classification:
  • BP50 .S547 2009
Other classification:
  • 11.80
Contents:
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 Qurʼan -- 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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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BP50 .S547 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000105186
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-321) and index.

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 Qurʼan -- 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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