TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shepard,William E.
TI  - Introducing Islam
T2  - World religions series
SN  - 9780415455176
AV  - BP50 .S547 2009
U1  - 297 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Islam
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -