Shahab Ahmed

Gebundenes Buch

What Is Islam?

The Importance of Being Islamic

Beschreibung

What is Islam? How do we grasp a human and historical phenomenon characterized by such variety and contradiction? What is "Islamic" about Islamic philosophy or Islamic art? Should we speak of Islam or of islams? Should we distinguish the Islamic (the religious) from the Islamicate (the cultural)? Or should we abandon "Islamic" altogether as an anal

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 165mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1068g
• ISBN-13: 9780691164182
• ISBN-10: 0691164185
• Artikelnr.: 42649768

Rezensionen

"Anyone interested in exploring the intricacies and complexities of Islam as a religion, philosophical system and social text should study the new bookWhat Is Islam? [A] perfect antidote to our present discourse."--Hussein Ibish, New York Times