LEADER 04038oam 2200469I 450 001 9910148736003321 005 20230808200245.0 010 $a1-315-63922-X 010 $a1-317-27339-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315639222 035 $a(CKB)3710000000922181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4729738 035 $a(OCoLC)922698099 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000922181 100 $a20180706h20162017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIslam in historical perspective /$fby Alexander Knysh 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aBoca Raton, FL :$cRoutledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,$d[2016]. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (552 pages) 311 08$a1-138-19370-4 311 08$a1-138-19369-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tchapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Arabia: The Cradle of Islam -- chapter 2 Muhammad and the Beginnings of Islam: The Making of the Muslim Community -- chapter 3 After Muhammad: The Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Conquests -- chapter 4 The Murder of Uthman, the Fitna Wars, and the Rise and Consolidation of the Umayyad Dynasty -- chapter 5 The Principal Source of Islam: The Qur an -- chapter 6 The Prophetic Hadi?th and Sunna and the Emergence of the Shari a -- chapter 7 The Problem of the Just Ruler and the First Divisions Within the Community -- chapter 8 The Abba?sid Revolution and Beyond -- chapter 9 Islamic Scholarship Under the Abba?sids: The Rise and Development of the Schools of Law -- chapter 10 Islamic Scholarship Under the Abba?sids: Theological Debates and Schools of Thought -- chapter 11 Twelver Shi ism and Zaydism -- chapter 12 Shi ism as a Revolutionary Movement: The Isma ilis -- chapter 13 Ascetic and Mystical Movement in Islam: Sufism -- chapter 14 Intellectual Struggles in Premodern Islam: Philosophy Versus Theology -- chapter 15 Transmission and Conservation of Knowledge: Ulama?, Ma?drasas, and Sufi Lodges -- chapter 16 The Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam: Islamic Life Cycle -- chapter 17 Islamic Art and Religious Architecture (Mosque) -- chapter 18 Women in Islamic Societies -- chapter 19 Islam and the West -- chapter 20 Islam in the Gunpowder Empires: The World of Islam Faces Modernity and European Colonialism -- chapter 21 Renewal and Reform in Islam: The Emergence of Islamic Modernism and Reformism -- chapter 22 Islam as a Political Force and Vehicle of Opposition -- chapter 23 Islam Reinterpreted: Major Trends in Islamic Thought Today -- chapter 24 The Ideology and Practice of Globalized Jihadism. 330 3 $aIslam 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 Islams rise and evolution across the centuries and up to the present day. Combining historical and chronological approaches, the book examines intellectual dialogues and socio-political struggles within the extraordinary rich Islamic tradition. Treating Islam as a social and political force, the book also addresses Muslim devotional practices, artistic creativity and the structures of everyday existence. Islam in Historical Perspective is designed to help readers to develop personal empathy for the subject by relating it to their own experiences and burning issues of today. It contains a wealth of historical anecdotes and quotations from original sources that are intended to emphasize its principal points in a memorable way. 606 $aIslam$xHistoriography 606 $aIslam$xHistory 615 0$aIslam$xHistoriography. 615 0$aIslam$xHistory. 676 $a297 700 $aKnysh$b Alexander D$01113722 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910148736003321 996 $aIslam in historical perspective$92880323 997 $aUNINA