On understanding Islam : selected studies / / Wilfred Cantwell Smith

• Autore: Smith Wilfred Cantwell <1916-2000.>
• Pubblicazione: The Hague : , : Mouton, , 1981; ©1981
• Edizione: Reprint 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages)
• Disciplina: 297
• Soggetto topico: Islam; Religion
• Classificazione: BE 8600
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: On understanding Islam
• ISBN: 3-11-082580-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785731203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and Reason; ; 19