Islam in historical perspective / / by Alexander Knysh

• Autore: Knysh Alexander D
• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2016]; ©2017
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (552 pages)
• Disciplina: 297
• Soggetto topico: Islam - Historiography; Islam - History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 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 Hadíth 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 Abbásid Revolution and Beyond -- chapter 9 Islamic Scholarship Under the Abbásids: The Rise and Development of the Schools of Law -- chapter 10 Islamic Scholarship Under the Abbásids: 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: Ulamá, Mádrasas, 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Islam 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Islam in historical perspective
• ISBN: 1-315-63922-X; 1-317-27339-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910148736003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II