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Languages : fr
Pages : 145
Book Description
Islam pluriel et passage au politique
Author: Revue du monde musulman et de la Méditerranée
Author: The Sorrowful Muslim's Guide
Author: Hussein Ahmad AminPublisher: EUP
ISBN: 9781474437080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Published as DalÄ«l al-Muslim al-á ̧¥azÄ«n ilÄ muqtada-l-sulÅ«k fÄ«'l-qarn al-Ê¿ishrÄ«n in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. It explores the interaction between pre-Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
Speaking for Islam
Author: Gudrun KrämerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900414949X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Focuses on Middle Eastern Muslim majority societies in the period from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. This work contains papers which highlight the scope and variety of religious authorities in Muslim societies.
Health and Ritual in Morocco
Author: Josep Lluís Mateo DiestePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004232869
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In Health and Ritual in Morocco, J. L. Mateo Dieste analyzes the many notions of the body in contemporary Morocco and shows how a rich universe of healing systems and rituals conforms to social and historical power relationships.
Judging in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian Legal Traditions
Author: Mr Janos JanyPublisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409456250
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This book presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems. It compares postulations of legal theory to legal practice in order to show that social practice can diverge significantly from religious and legal principles. It thus provides a greater understanding of the real functions of religion in these legal systems, regardless of the dogmatic positions of the religions themselves. The judiciary is the focus of the study as it is the judge who is obliged to administer to legal texts while having to consider social realities being sometimes at variance with religious ethics and legal rules deriving from them. This book fills a gap in the literature examining Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian law and as such will open new possibilities for further studies in the field of comparative law. It will be a valuable resource for those working in the areas of comparative law, law and religion, law and society, and legal anthropology.
The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion
Author: James AlisonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137538252
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion draws on the expertise of leading scholars and thinkers to explore the violent origins of culture, the meaning of ritual, and the conjunction of theology and anthropology, as well as secularization, science, and terrorism. Authors assess the contributions of René Girard’s mimetic theory to our understanding of sacrifice, ancient tragedy, and post-modernity, and apply its insights to religious cinema and the global economy. This handbook serves as introduction and guide to a theory of religion and human behavior that has established itself as fertile terrain for scholarly research and intellectual reflection.
Islamisation
Author: A. C. S. PeacockPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474417132
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The spread of Islam and the process of Islamisation (meaning both conversion to Islam and the adoption of Muslim culture) is explored in the twenty-four chapters of this volume. Taking a comparative perspective, both the historical trajectory of Islamisation and the methodological problems in its study are addressed, with coverage moving from Africa to China and from the seventh century to the start of the colonial period in 1800. Key questions are addressed. What is meant by Islamisation? How far was the spread of Islam as a religion bound up with the spread of Muslim culture? To what extent are Islamisation and conversion parallel processes? How is Islamisation connected to Arabisation? What role do vernacular Muslim languages play in the promotion of Muslim culture? The broad, comparative perspective allows readers to develop a thorough understanding of the process of Islamisation over eleven centuries of its history.
The Qur'an and the Bible
Author: Gabriel Said ReynoldsPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300181329
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1029
Book Description
"While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. Noted religious scholar Gabriel Said Reynolds draws on centuries of Qur'anic and Biblical studies to offer rigorous and revelatory commentary on how these holy books are intrinsically connected."--Dust jacket.
Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa
Author: B. SoaresPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230607101
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Political liberalization and economic reform, the weakening of the state, and increased global interconnections have all had profound effects on Muslim societies and the practice of Islam in Africa. The contributors to this volume investigate and illuminate the changes that have occurred in Africa, through detailed case studies.