Defining Islam : a reader / / edited by Andrew Rippin

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (365 p.)
• Disciplina: 297
• Soggetto topico: Islam - Essence, genius, nature; Islam - 21st century; Islam - Doctrines
• Altri autori: RippinAndrew <1950->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Defining Islam
• ISBN: 1-315-53969-1; 1-134-93627-3; 1-134-93620-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910959449803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical categories in the study of religion.