Alexander Knysh

Islam in Historical Perspective (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Islam in Historical Perspective provides readers with an introduction to Islam, Islamic history and societies with carefully selected historical and scriptural evidence that enables them to form a comprehensive and balanced vision of Islam's rise and evolution across the centuries and up to the present day. This new edition features a thoroughly revised and updated text, new illustrations, expanded study questions and chapter summaries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317273387
• Artikelnr.: 46910893

Autorenporträt

Alexander Knysh is Professor of Islamic Studies at the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan and Academic Project Director, at St. Petersburg State University, Russian Federation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Arabia: The Cradle of Islam 2. Muhammad and the Beginnings
of Islam: The Making of the Muslim Community 3. After Muhammad: The Righty
Guided Caliphs and the Conquests 4. The Murder of 'Uthamn, the Fitna Wars,
and the Rise and Consolidation of the Umayyad Dynasty 5. The Principal
Source of Islam: The Qur'an 6. The Prophetic Hadíth and Sunna and the
Emergence of the Shari'a 7. The Problem of the Just Ruler and the First
Divisions 8. The 'Abbásid Revolution and Beyond 9. Islamic Scholarship
Under the Umayyads and 'Abbásids: The Rise and Development of the Schools
of Law 10. Islamic Scholarship Under the 'Abbásids: Theological Debates and
Schools of Thought 11. Twelver Shi'ism and Zaydism 12. Shi'ism as a
Revolutionary Movement: The Isma'ilis 13. Ascetic and Mystical Movement in
Islam: Sufism 14. Intellectual Struggles in Premodern Islam: Philosophy
Versus Theology 15. Transmission and Conservation of Knowledge: 'Ulamá',
Mádrasas, and Sufi Lodges 16. The Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam:
Islamic Life Cycle 17. Islamic Art and Religions Architecture (Mosque) 18.
Women in Islamic Societies 19. Islam and the West 20. Islam in the
Gunpowder Empires: The World of Islam Faces Modernity and European
Colonialism 21. Renewal and Reform in Islam: The Emergence of Islamic
Modernism and Reformism 22. Islam as a Political Force and Vehicle of
Opposition 23. Islam Reinterpreted: Major Trends in Islamic Thought Today
24. The Ideology and Practice of Globalized Jihadism Bibliography Index