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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959449803321

Titolo

Defining Islam : a reader / / edited by Andrew Rippin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-315-53969-1

1-134-93627-3

1-134-93620-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Collana

Critical Categories in the Study of Religion

Altri autori (Persone)

RippinAndrew <1950->

Disciplina

297

Soggetti

Islam - Essence, genius, nature

Islam - 21st century

Islam - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Sources; Introduction; PART I: THEOLOGY; 1. The Epistle of Abu Hanifa to 'Uthman al-Batti; 2. Ten Things That Nullify One's Islam; 3. The Formation of Muslim Society and its Characteristics; 4. The Spread of Islam; PART II: SOCIAL SCIENCES; 5. Between Text and Practice: Considerations in the Anthropological Study of Islam; 6. The Study of Islam in Local Contexts; 7. Beyond Ideology and Theology: The Search for the Anthropology of Islam; 8. Two Countries, Two Cultures; 9. Islamic Movements: One or Many?

10. Islam in Contemporary Southeast Asia: History, Community, Morality11. Beyond Orientalism? Max Weber and the Displacements of "Essentialism" in the Study of Islam; PART III: RELIGION; 12. The Muslim East as It Presents Itself; 13. The Special Case of Islam; 14. Religion is a Different Matter; 15. Official, Popular, and Normative Religion in Islam; 16. The Limits of Islamic Orthodoxy; 17. Defining Islam in the Throes of Modernity; 18. Islam, Europe, the West: Meanings-at-Stake and the Will-to-Power; PART IV: CIVILIZATION; 19. The Problem: Unity in Diversity

20. The Dialectic of a Cultural Tradition21. Conscience in the



Construction of Religion: A Critique of Marshall G. S. Hodgson's The Venture of Islam; 22. Conversion as a Social Process; PART V: THE MEDIA; 23. Islam and the West; 24. Islam and the Western Journalist; Glossary; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

Ever since a group of people came into existence who called themselves Muslims and followed Islam, questions of what it means to be a member of this group - who is to be included/excluded and what the requirements for membership are - have proven to be both divisive and defining. For scholars and critics, the issue of what constitutes or defines 'Islam' - whether examining the history of the religion, its specific traditions, sectarian politics, or acts of terrorist - is central to any understanding of issues, cultures and ideas. 'Defining Islam' brings together key classic and contemporary writings on the nature of Islam to provide student readers with the ideal collection of both primary and critical sources.