Muslims : their religious beliefs and practices /
Offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to modern times. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular the Qur'an and the influence of Muhammad, and traces the ways in which these sources have interacted histori...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
| Series: | Library of religious beliefs and practices.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: Formative elements of classical Islam
- Prehistory
- The Qurʼān
- Muḥammad
- Part II: Emergence of Islamic identity
- Political action and theory
- Theological exposition
- Legal developments
- Ritual practice
- Part III: Alternate visions of classical Islamic identity
- The Shīʻa
- Ṣūfī devotion
- Part IV: Consolidation of Islamic identity
- Intellectual culture
- Medieval visions of Islam
- Part V: Modern visions of Islam
- Describing modernity
- Muḥammad and modernity
- The Qurʼān and modernity
- Issues of identity: ritual and politics
- Part VI: Re-visioning Islam
- Women, intellectuals, and other challenges
- Perceptions of Muslims in the twenty-first century.