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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785731203321

Autore

Smith Wilfred Cantwell <1916-2000.>

Titolo

On understanding Islam : selected studies / / Wilfred Cantwell Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague : , : Mouton, , 1981

©1981

ISBN

3-11-082580-5

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages)

Collana

Religion and reason ; ; 19

Classificazione

BE 8600

Disciplina

297

Soggetti

Islam

Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- General Introduction -- PART ONE: General Presentations -- 1. Islamic History as a Concept -- 2. The Shahādah as Symbolic Representation of Muslims' Faith -- PART TWO: Specific Presentations -- 3. The Historical Development in Islām of the Concept of Islām as an Historical Development -- 4. Islamic Law: Its 'Sources' (Uṣūl al-fiqh) and Ijtihād -- 5. Islamic Law: Sharīʿah and Sharʿ -- 6. Faith, in the Qur'ān; and its Relation to Belief -- 7. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Taṣdīq -- 8. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Arkān -- PART THREE: Islam in the Indian Context; and Muslim-Hindu Relations -- 9. The Crystallization of Religious Communities in Mughul India -- 10. The ʿUlamā̕ in Indian Politics -- 11: Aligarh and Religion: A Question -- 12. Religious Diversity: Muslim-Hindū Relations in India -- PART FOUR: Muslim-Christian Relations -- 13. Some Similarities and Some Differences Between Christianity and Islām -- 14. Muslim-Christian Interrelations Historically: An Interpretation -- 15. Muslim and Christian: Faith Convergence, Belief Divergence -- 16. Is the Qur'ān the Word of God? -- Notes -- Publications of Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Selective Index