Author: Irene A. Bierman
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
ISBN: 9780863722981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A collection of papers from the sixteenth Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference wihch honored Andre Raymond and Josef van Ess.
Text & Context in Islamic Societies
Author: Irene A. Bierman
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
ISBN: 9780863722981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A collection of papers from the sixteenth Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference wihch honored Andre Raymond and Josef van Ess.
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
ISBN: 9780863722981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A collection of papers from the sixteenth Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference wihch honored Andre Raymond and Josef van Ess.
Text & Context in Islamic Societies
Author: Irene A. Bierman
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
ISBN: 9780863722981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A collection of papers from the sixteenth Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference wihch honored Andre Raymond and Josef van Ess.
Publisher: Garnet & Ithaca Press
ISBN: 9780863722981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A collection of papers from the sixteenth Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference wihch honored Andre Raymond and Josef van Ess.
Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought
Author: Roxanne L. Euben
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691135886
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
An anthology of key primary texts that offer an introduction to Islamist political thought since the early twentieth century.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691135886
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
An anthology of key primary texts that offer an introduction to Islamist political thought since the early twentieth century.
Pluralism in Islamic Contexts - Ethics, Politics and Modern Challenges
Author: Mohammed Hashas
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030660893
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This book brings together international scholars of Islamic philosophy, theology and politics to examine these current major questions: What is the place of pluralism in the Islamic founding texts? How have sacred and prophetic texts been interpreted throughout major Islamic intellectual history by the Sunnis and Shi‘a? How does contemporary Islamic thought treat religious and political diversity in modern nation states and in societies in transition? How is pluralism dealt with in modern major and minor Islamic contexts? How does modern political Islam deal with pluralism in the public sphere? And what are the major internal and external challenges to pluralism in Islamic contexts? These questions that have become of paramount relevance in religious studies especially during the last three-four decades are answered as critically highlighted in Islamic founding sources, the formative classical sources and how it has been lived and practiced in past and present Islamic majority societies and communities around the world. Case studies cover Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, and Thailand, besides various internal references to other contexts.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030660893
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
This book brings together international scholars of Islamic philosophy, theology and politics to examine these current major questions: What is the place of pluralism in the Islamic founding texts? How have sacred and prophetic texts been interpreted throughout major Islamic intellectual history by the Sunnis and Shi‘a? How does contemporary Islamic thought treat religious and political diversity in modern nation states and in societies in transition? How is pluralism dealt with in modern major and minor Islamic contexts? How does modern political Islam deal with pluralism in the public sphere? And what are the major internal and external challenges to pluralism in Islamic contexts? These questions that have become of paramount relevance in religious studies especially during the last three-four decades are answered as critically highlighted in Islamic founding sources, the formative classical sources and how it has been lived and practiced in past and present Islamic majority societies and communities around the world. Case studies cover Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, and Thailand, besides various internal references to other contexts.
Islam in Context
Author: Peter G. Riddell
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441231803
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In recent months, much attention has been paid to Islam and the greater Muslim world. Some analysis has been openly hostile, while even more has been overly simplistic. Islam in Context goes behind the recent crisis to discuss the history of Islam, describe its basic structure and beliefs, explore the current division between Muslim moderates and extremists, and suggest a way forward. Authors Peter G. Riddell and Peter Cotterell draw from sources such as the Qur'an, early Christian chronicles of the Crusades, and contemporary Muslim and non-Muslim writings. They move beyond the stereotypes of Muhammad-both idealized and negative-and argue against the myth that relatively recent events in the Middle East are the only cause for the clash between Islam and the West. Riddell and Cotterell ask the non-Muslim world to attempt to understand Islam from the perspective of Muslims and to acknowledge past mistakes. At the same time, they challenge the Muslim world by suggesting that Islam stands today at a vital crossroads and only Muslims can forge the way forward. Islam in Context will appeal to all those who are interested in an alternative to the easily packaged descriptions of the relationship between Islam and the West.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441231803
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
In recent months, much attention has been paid to Islam and the greater Muslim world. Some analysis has been openly hostile, while even more has been overly simplistic. Islam in Context goes behind the recent crisis to discuss the history of Islam, describe its basic structure and beliefs, explore the current division between Muslim moderates and extremists, and suggest a way forward. Authors Peter G. Riddell and Peter Cotterell draw from sources such as the Qur'an, early Christian chronicles of the Crusades, and contemporary Muslim and non-Muslim writings. They move beyond the stereotypes of Muhammad-both idealized and negative-and argue against the myth that relatively recent events in the Middle East are the only cause for the clash between Islam and the West. Riddell and Cotterell ask the non-Muslim world to attempt to understand Islam from the perspective of Muslims and to acknowledge past mistakes. At the same time, they challenge the Muslim world by suggesting that Islam stands today at a vital crossroads and only Muslims can forge the way forward. Islam in Context will appeal to all those who are interested in an alternative to the easily packaged descriptions of the relationship between Islam and the West.
Islam and Colonialism
Author: Muhamad Ali
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474409210
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This book offers a comparative and cross-cultural history of Islamic reform and European colonialism as both dependent and independent factors in shaping the multiple ways of becoming modern in Indonesia and Malaya during the first half of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474409210
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This book offers a comparative and cross-cultural history of Islamic reform and European colonialism as both dependent and independent factors in shaping the multiple ways of becoming modern in Indonesia and Malaya during the first half of the twentieth century.
Reading the Qur'an
Author: Ziauddin Sardar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190657847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2010"--T.p. verso.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190657847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
"First published in the United Kingdom by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2010"--T.p. verso.
Medieval Textual Cultures
Author: Faith Wallis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110465701
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Understanding how medieval textual cultures engaged with the heritage of antiquity (transmission and translation) depends on recognizing that reception is a creative cultural act (transformation). These essays focus on the people, societies and institutions who were doing the transmitting, translating, and transforming -- the "agents". The subject matter ranges from medicine to astronomy, literature to magic, while the cultural context encompasses Islamic and Jewish societies, as well as Byzantium and the Latin West. What unites these studies is their attention to the methodological and conceptual challenges of thinking about agency. Not every agent acted with an agenda, and agenda were sometimes driven by immediate needs or religious considerations that while compelling to the actors, are more opaque to us. What does it mean to say that a text becomes “available” for transmission or translation? And why do some texts, once transmitted, fail to thrive in their new milieu? This collection thus points toward a more sophisticated “ecology” of transmission, where not only individuals and teams of individuals, but also social spaces and local cultures, act as the agents of cultural creativity.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110465701
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Understanding how medieval textual cultures engaged with the heritage of antiquity (transmission and translation) depends on recognizing that reception is a creative cultural act (transformation). These essays focus on the people, societies and institutions who were doing the transmitting, translating, and transforming -- the "agents". The subject matter ranges from medicine to astronomy, literature to magic, while the cultural context encompasses Islamic and Jewish societies, as well as Byzantium and the Latin West. What unites these studies is their attention to the methodological and conceptual challenges of thinking about agency. Not every agent acted with an agenda, and agenda were sometimes driven by immediate needs or religious considerations that while compelling to the actors, are more opaque to us. What does it mean to say that a text becomes “available” for transmission or translation? And why do some texts, once transmitted, fail to thrive in their new milieu? This collection thus points toward a more sophisticated “ecology” of transmission, where not only individuals and teams of individuals, but also social spaces and local cultures, act as the agents of cultural creativity.
A History of Islamic Societies
Author: Ira M. Lapidus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521514304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1019
Book Description
"This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the insights of new scholarship and updated to include historical developments in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Lapidus's history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion to Africa, Spain, Turkey and the Balkans, Central, South and Southeast Asia, and North America, situating Islamic societies within their global, political, and economic contexts. It accounts for the impact of European imperialism on Islamic societies and traces the development of the modern national state system and the simultaneous Islamic revival from the early nineteenth century to the present. This book is essential for readers seeking to understand Muslim peoples."--Publisher information.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521514304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1019
Book Description
"This third edition of Ira M. Lapidus's classic A History of Islamic Societies has been substantially revised to incorporate the insights of new scholarship and updated to include historical developments in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Lapidus's history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion to Africa, Spain, Turkey and the Balkans, Central, South and Southeast Asia, and North America, situating Islamic societies within their global, political, and economic contexts. It accounts for the impact of European imperialism on Islamic societies and traces the development of the modern national state system and the simultaneous Islamic revival from the early nineteenth century to the present. This book is essential for readers seeking to understand Muslim peoples."--Publisher information.
Shari’a
Author: Abbas Amanat
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804779538
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This volume presents ten leading scholars' writings on contemporary Islamic law and Muslim thought. The essays examine a range of issues, from modern Muslim discourses on justice, natural law, and the common good, to democracy, the social contract, and "the authority of the preeminent jurist." Changes in how Shari'a has been understood over the centuries are explored, as well as how it has been applied in both Sunni and Shi'i Islam. Debates on the nature, interpretation, reform, and application of Shari'a lie at the core of all Islamist revivalist ideologies and movements of the past two centuries. The demand for the implementation of Shari'a is one of the hallmarks of Islamic fundamentalism, and Shari'a has become one of the most controversial and politicized concepts in Muslim-majority countries today. This is one of the first books to examine how Muslims understand and apply Shari'a in contemporary societies.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804779538
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This volume presents ten leading scholars' writings on contemporary Islamic law and Muslim thought. The essays examine a range of issues, from modern Muslim discourses on justice, natural law, and the common good, to democracy, the social contract, and "the authority of the preeminent jurist." Changes in how Shari'a has been understood over the centuries are explored, as well as how it has been applied in both Sunni and Shi'i Islam. Debates on the nature, interpretation, reform, and application of Shari'a lie at the core of all Islamist revivalist ideologies and movements of the past two centuries. The demand for the implementation of Shari'a is one of the hallmarks of Islamic fundamentalism, and Shari'a has become one of the most controversial and politicized concepts in Muslim-majority countries today. This is one of the first books to examine how Muslims understand and apply Shari'a in contemporary societies.