On the other : a Muslim view / / Rusmir Mahmutcehajic ; translated by Desmond Maurer

• Autore: Mahmutcehajic Rusmir <1948->
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Fordham University Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.2/8
• Soggetto topico: Religious tolerance - Islam; Violence - Religious aspects - Islam; Islam - Relations - Christianity
• Altri autori: MaurerDesmond
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: I, thou, and he -- The one and the many -- The stranger -- Self-knowledge -- The sense-of-self and the debt -- Being-at-peace -- Faith -- Beauty -- The hour -- Humanity -- The other and the different -- Intolerance I -- Intolerance II -- The Muslim -- The universality of prophecy -- The nation of the just -- Dialogue -- Finding fault with others and the self -- Free will and the covenant -- Afterword: the text and its power.
• Sommario/riassunto: A timely book by a leading European exponent of Muslim intellectual tradition, On the Other: A Muslim View explores of the foundations of Islamic thought on human nature, our place in the cosmos, and our proper relationship to the divine, based on peace, knowledge, love, beauty, humility, and respect for and acceptance of others and difference. Demonstrating how poor cultural translation of core terms has contributed to a distorted picture of Islam, the author provides systematic explication of the most important concepts and beliefs of the Muslim tradition, as well as interpretation of the sy
• Titolo autorizzato: On the other
• ISBN: 0-8232-4823-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822366503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Abrahamic dialogues series.