Building Bridges Ignaz Goldziher And His Correspondents

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004690592

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Building Bridges: Ignaz Goldziher and His Correspondents by Anonim Pdf

The scholarship of Ignaz Goldziher (1850–1921), one of the founders of Islamic studies in Europe, has not ceased to be in the focus of interest since his death. This volume addresses aspects of Goldziher’s intellectual trajectory together with the history of Islamic and Jewish studies as reflected in the letters exchanged between Goldziher and his peers from various countries that are preserved in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and elsewhere. The thirteen contributions deal with hitherto unexplored aspects of the correspondence addressing issues that are crucial to our understanding of the formative period of these disciplines. Contributors: Camilla Adang, Hans-Jürgen Becker, Kinga Dévényi, Sebastian Günther, Máté Hidvégi Livnat Holtzman, Amit Levy, Miriam Ovadia, Dóra Pataricza, Christoph Rauch, Valentina Sagaria Rossi, Sabine Schmidtke, Jan Thiele, Samuel Thrope, Tamás Turán, Maxim Yosefi, Dora Zsom.

Author : Aziz Esmail,Abdou Filali-Ansary
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780863567667

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The Construction of Belief by Aziz Esmail,Abdou Filali-Ansary Pdf

Mohammed Arkoun was one of the most prominent and influential Arab intellectuals of his day. During a career spanning more than thirty years, he was revered as an outstanding research scholar, a bold critic of the theoretical tensions embedded within Islamic Studies and an outspoken public figure, upholding political, social and cultural modernism. This Festschrift honours Arkoun's scholarship, bringing together the contributions of eleven distinguished scholars of history, religious studies and philosophy. It offers a comprehensive selection of critical engagements with Arkoun's work, reflecting on his considerable influence on contemporary thinking about Islam and its ideological, philosophical and theological dimensions. The authoritative reference study on the work of Mohammed Arkoun, The Construction of Belief is essential reading for students and scholars of Islam, Muslim societies and cultures, modernity, religious studies, philosophy and semanti.

Author : Abdullah Saeed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134225644

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Islamic Thought by Abdullah Saeed Pdf

Islamic Thought is a fresh and contemporary introduction to the philosophies and doctrines of Islam. Abdullah Saeed, a distinguished Muslim scholar, traces the development of religious knowledge in Islam, from the pre-modern to the modern period. The book focuses on Muslim thought, as well as the development, production and transmission of religious knowledge, and the trends, schools and movements that have contributed to the production of this knowledge. Key topics in Islamic culture are explored, including the development of the Islamic intellectual tradition, the two foundation texts, the Qur’an and Hadith, legal thought, theological thought, mystical thought, Islamic Art, philosophical thought, political thought, and renewal, reform and rethinking today. Through this rich and varied discussion, Saeed presents a fascinating depiction of how Islam was lived in the past and how its adherents practise it in the present. Islamic Thought is essential reading for students beginning the study of Islam but will also interest anyone seeking to learn more about one of the world’s great religions.

Author : Robert R. Reilly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684516063

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The Closing of the Muslim Mind by Robert R. Reilly Pdf

Islam's Intellectual Suicide—and the Threat to Us All People are shocked and frightened by the behavior coming out the Islamic world—not only because it is violent, but also because it is seemingly inexplicable. While there are many answers to the question of “what went wrong” in the Muslim world, no one has decisively answered why it went wrong. Until now. In this eye-opening new book, foreign policy expert Robert R. Reilly uncovers the root of our contemporary crisis: a pivotal struggle waged within the Muslim world nearly a millennium ago. In a heated battle over the role of reason, the side of irrationality won. The deformed theology that resulted, Reilly reveals, produced the spiritual pathology of Islamism, and a deeply dysfunctional culture. Terrorism—from 9/11, to London, Madrid, and Mumbai, to the Christmas 2009 attempted airline bombing—is the most obvious manifestation of this crisis. But Reilly shows that the pathology extends much further. The Closing of the Muslim Mind solves such puzzles as: · why peace is so elusive in the Middle East · why the Arab world stands near the bottom of every measure of human development · why scientific inquiry is nearly dead in the Islamic world · why Spain translates more books in a single year than the entire Arab world has in the past thousand years · why some people in Saudi Arabia still refuse to believe man has been to the moon · why Muslim media frequently present natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina as God’s direct retribution Delving deeper than previous polemics and simplistic analyses, The Closing of the Muslim Mind provides the answers the West has so desperately needed in confronting the Islamist crisis.

Author : Edward W. Said
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804153867

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Orientalism by Edward W. Said Pdf

More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.

Author : Marshall G.S. Hodgson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226346861

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The Classical Age of Islam by Marshall G.S. Hodgson Pdf

The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago. "This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written."—The New Yorker Volume 1, The Classical Age of Islam, analyzes the world before Islam, Muhammad's challenge, and the early Muslim state between 625 and 692. Hodgson then discusses the classical civilization of the High Caliphate. The volume also contains a general introduction to the complete work and a foreword by Reuben Smith, who, as Hodgson's colleague and friend, finished the Venture of Islam after the author's death and saw it through to publication.

Author : Shana Strauch Schick
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004503168

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Land and Spirituality in Rabbinic Literature by Shana Strauch Schick Pdf

This volume is devoted to the texts, traditions, and practices of the Land of Israel during the Talmudic period. Using a variety of critical methodologies, this collection offers a picture of rabbinic literature and Israelite cultures that are multi-layered and complex.

Author : Jacques Waardenburg,Jean Jacques Waardenburg
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999-08-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195104721

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Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions by Jacques Waardenburg,Jean Jacques Waardenburg Pdf

Since its inception, Islam and its civilization have been in continuous relationships with other religions. The essays collected here examine the many texts that have come down to us about these cultures and their religions, from Muslim theologians and jurists.

Author : Ibn Warraq
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781615920297

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Why I Am Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq Pdf

Those who practice the Muslim faith have resisted examinations of their religion. They are extremely guarded about their religion, and what they consider blasphemous acts by skeptical Muslims and non-Muslims alike has only served to pique the world's curiosity. This critical examination reveals an unflattering picture of the faith and its practitioners. Nevertheless, it is the truth, something that has either been deliberately concealed by modern scholars or buried in obscure journals accessible only to a select few.

Author : Muhammad Khalid Masud
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780748637942

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Islam and Modernity by Muhammad Khalid Masud Pdf

Recent events have focused attention on the perceived differences and tensions between the Muslim world and the modern West. As a major strand of Western public discourse has it, Islam appears resistant to internal development and remains inherently pre-modern. However Muslim societies have experienced most of the same structural changes that have impacted upon all societies: massive urbanisation, mass education, dramatically increased communication, the emergence of new types of institutions and associations, some measure of political mobilisation, and major transformations of the economy. These developments are accompanied by a wide range of social movements and by complex and varied religious and ideological debates. This textbook is a pioneering study providing an introduction to and overview of the debates and questions that have emerged regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The various manifestations of modernity in Muslim life discussed include social change and the transformation of political and religious institutions, gender politics, changing legal regimes, devotional practices and forms of religious association, shifts in religious authority, and modern developments in Muslim religious thought.

Author : John Kieschnick
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0691096767

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The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture by John Kieschnick Pdf

Buddhism had a profound effect not only on Chinese philosophy and ritual, but also on the material culture of China. Examining the impact of books, bridges, sugar, tea and the chair, amongst other things, this text looks at how attitudes to such novelties affected the history of Chinese Buddhism.

Author : Benedikt Koehler
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780739188835

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Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism by Benedikt Koehler Pdf

Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism proposes a strikingly original thesis—that capitalism first emerged in Arabia, not in late medieval Italian city states as is commonly assumed. Early Islam made a seminal but largely unrecognized contribution to the history of economic thought; it is the only religion founded by an entrepreneur. Descending from an elite dynasty of religious, civil, and commercial leaders, Muhammad was a successful businessman before founding Islam. As such, the new religion had much to say on trade, consumer protection, business ethics, and property. As Islam rapidly spread across the region so did the economic teachings of early Islam, which eventually made their way to Europe. Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism demonstrates how Islamic institutions and business practices were adopted and adapted in Venice and Genoa. These financial innovations include the invention of the corporation, business management techniques, commercial arithmetic, and monetary reform. There were other Islamic institutions assimilated in Europe: charities, the waqf, inspired trusts, and institutions of higher learning; the madrasas were models for the oldest colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. As such, it can be rightfully said that these essential aspects of capitalist thought all have Islamic roots.

Author : Duncan Black Macdonald
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613102480

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Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory by Duncan Black Macdonald Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004499331

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The Hebrew Bible Manuscripts: A Millennium by Anonim Pdf

In The Hebrew Bible: A Millennium, manuscripts, texts, and methods applied in Hebrew Bible studies are considered through time. The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Cairo and European Genizot, as well as Late Medieval Biblical Manuscripts are examined.

Author : Mercedes García-Arenal,Rafael Benitez Sanchez-Blanco
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004501607

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The Inquisition Trial of Jerónimo de Rojas, A Morisco of Toledo (1601-1603) by Mercedes García-Arenal,Rafael Benitez Sanchez-Blanco Pdf

This book contains the whole text of an Inquisition trial of a Morisco (converted Muslim) of Toledo, Spain, condemned to burn at the stake. It is preceded by an introduction which studies the trial and shows the multifaceted aspects of the text and its protagonists.