Oliver Leaman

Controversies in Contemporary Islam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This books helps to deepen our understanding of the varieties of contemporary Islam and the issues that are of most concern to Muslims today. Oliver Leaman sees controversies as playing a defining role in how the religion is understood. The chapters deal with important issues in Islamic studies and focuses on the arguments that have taken place around them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415676120
• ISBN-10: 0415676126
• Artikelnr.: 37718227

Autorenporträt

Oliver Leaman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, USA. His books for Routledge include The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia (edited, 2005) and Islam: The Key Concepts (with Kecia Ali, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Islam and leadership of the community 2. Islam and the
Qur'an 3. Islam and God 4. Islamic design 5. Islam and nationalism 6. Islam
and equality 7. Islamic economics 8. Islam and morality 9. Islam and law
10. Islamic education 11. Islam and the Other 12. Islam and belief 13.
Islam and Sufism 14. Islam and entertainment. Glossary. Bibliography. Index
of Qur'anic passages.