Exploring Islam

Author : Salih Sayilgan
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506468037

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Exploring Islam is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the foundations of the Islamic faith, including its history, theology, and spiritual practice. The book also deals with issues such as jihad, the status of women, and the various sectarian divisions in Islam. Most distinctive about this work is its analysis of the lived experience of Muslims in modern American life. The book explores questions such as: - What are the foundations of Islam? - How do Muslims relate to and interpret the Qur'an? - Who is the Prophet Muhammad? - What does Shari'a law really mean? - What are the major themes of Islamic theology? - What are the theological and political issues that led to divisions among Muslims? - Do Muslims and Christians believe in the same God? - How do Muslims practice Islam in America? - What are the challenges and opportunities for American Muslims? In addressing these questions, Sayilgan offers readers a perspective that is scholarly, judicious, and engaging.

Author : Salih Sayilgan
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9781506468020

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Exploring Islam by Salih Sayilgan Pdf

Exploring Islam is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the foundations of the Islamic faith, including its history, theology, and spiritual practice. The book also deals with issues such as jihad, the status of women, and the various sectarian divisions in Islam. Most distinctive about this work is its analysis of the lived experience of Muslims in modern American life. The book explores questions such as: - What are the foundations of Islam? - How do Muslims relate to and interpret the Qur'an? - Who is the Prophet Muhammad? - What does Shari'a law really mean? - What are the major themes of Islamic theology? - What are the theological and political issues that led to divisions among Muslims? - Do Muslims and Christians believe in the same God? - How do Muslims practice Islam in America? - What are the challenges and opportunities for American Muslims? In addressing these questions, Sayilgan offers readers a perspective that is scholarly, judicious, and engaging.

Author : Akbar S. Ahmed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134495436

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Discovering Islam by Akbar S. Ahmed Pdf

This accessible work balances the image of Islam as aggressive and fanatical with an objective picture of the main features of Muslim history and the compulsions of Muslim society.

Author : J. Cesari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137121202

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Why the West Fears Islam by J. Cesari Pdf

Jocelyne Cesari examines the idea that Islam might threaten the core values of the West through testimonies from Muslims in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the US. Her book is an unprecedented exploration of Muslim religious and political life based on several years of field work in Europe and in the United States.

Author : Jasmin Zine
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780774822756

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Islam in the Hinterlands by Jasmin Zine Pdf

Muslim communities have become increasingly salient in the social, cultural, and political landscape in Canada largely due to the aftermath of 9/11 and the racial politics of the ongoing "war on terror" that have cast Muslims as the new "enemy within." Featuring some of Canada's top Muslim Studies scholars, Islam in the Hinterlands examines how gender, public policy, media, and education shape the Muslim experience in Canada. A timely volume addressing some of the most hotly contested issues in recent cultural history, it is essential reading for academics as well as general readers interested in Islamic studies, multiculturalism, and social justice.

Author : Christel Gärtner,Heidemarie Winkel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783658332396

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Exploring Islam beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism by Christel Gärtner,Heidemarie Winkel Pdf

Islamic religion has become an object of political discourse in ways that also affects academic reflection; against this background this volume aims to provide a theoretically and empirically founded assessment of where social sciences currently stand with regard to Islam. For this purpose, the volume continues to develop the sociological knowledge of Islam that began in the 1980s. Given the Orientalism inherent in sociology, the volume focuses on Muslim knowledge systems and institutions, as well as the practice of Muslim religiosity in various social contexts stretching from Algeria and Morocco to Turkey.

Author : Christel Gärtner,Heidemarie Winkel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3658332409

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Exploring Islam Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism by Christel Gärtner,Heidemarie Winkel Pdf

Islamic religion has become an object of political discourse in ways that also affects academic reflection; against this background this volume aims to provide a theoretically and empirically founded assessment of where social sciences currently stand with regard to Islam. For this purpose, the volume continues to develop the sociological knowledge of Islam that began in the 1980s. Given the Orientalism inherent in sociology, the volume focuses on Muslim knowledge systems and institutions, as well as the practice of Muslim religiosity in various social contexts stretching from Algeria and Morocco to Turkey. Prof. Dr. Christel Gärtner works at the University of Münster in the Cluster of Excellence "Religion und Politik". Prof. Dr. Heidemarie Winkel teaches sociology at Bielefeld University and is Senior Research Associate at Cambridge University.

Author : Matthew Clarke,David Tittensor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317112655

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Islam and Development by Matthew Clarke,David Tittensor Pdf

The study of Islam since the advent of 9/11 has made a significant resurgence. However, much of the work produced since then has tended to focus on the movements that not only provide aid to their fellow Muslims, but also have political and at times violent agendas. This tendency has led to a dearth of research on the wider Muslim aid and development scene. Focusing on the role and impact of Islam and Islamic Faith Based Organisations (FBOs), an arena that has come to be regarded by some as the 'invisible aid economy', Islam and Development considers Islamic theology and its application to development and how Islamic teaching is actualized in case studies of Muslim FBOs. It brings together contributions from the disciplines of theology, sociology, politics and economics, aiming both to raise awareness and to function as a corrective step within the development studies literature.

Author : Paul Gordon Chandler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road by Paul Gordon Chandler Pdf

Paul-Gordon Chandler presents fresh thinking in the area of Christian-Muslim relations, showing how Christ—whom Islam reveres as a Prophet and Christianity worships as the divine Messiah—can close the gap between the two religions. He illustrates his perspective with examples from the life of Syrian novelist Mazhar Mallouhi, who seeks to bridge the chasm of misunderstanding between Muslims and Christians through his novels.

Author : Muhammad Abdel Haleem
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786731654

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Exploring the Qur'an by Muhammad Abdel Haleem Pdf

The teachings, style and impact of the Qur'an have always been matters of controversy, among both Muslims and non-Muslims. But in a modern context of intercultural sensitivity, what the Qur'an says and means are perhaps more urgent questions than ever before. This major new book by one of the world's finest Islamic scholars responds to that urgency. Building on his earlier groundbreaking work, the author challenges misinterpretations of particular Qur'anic verses from whatever quarter. He addresses the infamous 'sword' verse, frequently cited as a justification for jihad. He also questions the 'tribute' verse, associated with the Muslim state subjugating Jews and Christians; and the idea of Paradise in the Qur'an, often viewed by the West as emphasising merely physical pleasures, or used by Islamic fighters as their just reward for holy war. The author argues that wrenching the verses out of the context of the whole has led to dangerous ideologies being built on isolated phrases which have then assumed afterlives of their own. This nuanced, holistic reading has vital interfaith ramifications.

Author : Armando Salvatore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118662632

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The Sociology of Islam by Armando Salvatore Pdf

The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the crucial intersection between a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. It discusses the long-term dynamics of Islam as both a religion and as a social, political and cultural force. The volume focuses on ideas of knowledge, power and civility to provide students and readers with analytic and critical thinking frameworks for understanding the complex social facets of Islamic traditions and institutions. The study of the sociology of Islam improves the understanding of Islam as a diverse force that drives a variety of social and political arrangements. Delving into both conceptual questions and historical interpretations, The Sociology of Islam is a transdisciplinary, comparative resource for students, scholars, and policy makers seeking to understand Islam’s complex changes throughout history and its impact on the modern world.

Author : Aisha Khan
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813059945

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Islam and the Americas by Aisha Khan Pdf

"A tour de force that underwrites and shifts the petrified image of Islam disseminated by mainstream media."--Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Darker Side of Western Modernity "Gives us an entirely different picture of Muslims in the Americas than can be found in the established literature. A complex glimpse of the rich diversity and historical depth of Muslim presence in the Caribbean and Latin America."--Katherine Pratt Ewing, editor of Being and Belonging: Muslim Communities in the United States since 9/11 "Finally a broad-ranging comparative work exploring the roots of Islam in the Americas! Drawing upon fresh historical and ethnographic research, this book asks important questions about the politics of culture and globalization of religion in the modern world."--Keith E. McNeal, author of Trance and Modernity in the Southern Caribbean In case studies that include the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume trace the establishment of Islam in the Americas over the past three centuries. They simultaneously explore Muslims’ lived experiences and examine the ways Islam has been shaped in the "Muslim minority" societies in the New World, including the Gilded Age’s fascination with Orientalism, the gendered interpretations of doctrine among Muslim immigrants and local converts, the embrace of Islam by African American activist-intellectuals like Malcolm X, and the ways transnational hip hop artists re-create and reimagine Muslim identities. Together, these essays challenge the typical view of Islam as timeless, predictable, and opposed to Western worldviews and value systems, showing how this religious tradition continually engages with local and global issues of culture, gender, class, and race.

Author : Stig Jarle Hansen,Atle Mesøy,Tuncay Kardas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : East and West
ISBN : UOM:39076002852163

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The Borders of Islam by Stig Jarle Hansen,Atle Mesøy,Tuncay Kardas Pdf

In The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington argued that the borders between Western and Islamic civilizations would one day become the loci of cultural conflict. The statements of Osama Bin-Laden would seem to support this view. "This battle is not between al-Qaeda and the U.S.," he famously said in October of 2001. "This is a battle of Muslims against the Global Crusaders." These specially commissioned essays critically examine the virtual and actual borders of Islamic civilization. Contributors concentrate on local dynamics and whether they support or contradict an emerging global confrontation between Islam and its Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and secular neighbors. They consider borders that host Muslim majorities (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Somalia, Pakistan, and Turkey), those that have significant Muslim minorities (Phillipines, Nigeria, and India), and those that reflect new faultlines created by migration to France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain or by advances in technology. Essays explore the rise of international Salafi jihadism and whether it can be traced to countries that straddle the Islamic and non-Islamic world. In conclusion, the contributors argue that mechanisms far more complex than those described in Huntington's Clash of Civilizations influence many border regions, suggesting that, while poverty and institutional failure heighten religious awareness and practice, the actual effects of these phenomena are entirely different.

Author : Lynne Broadbent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Islam
ISBN : 1851000143

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Exploring Islam by Lynne Broadbent Pdf

Author : Dupret Baudouin Dupret
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748654796

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Ethnographies of Islam by Dupret Baudouin Dupret Pdf

This comparative approach to the various uses of the ethnographic method in research about Islam in anthropology and other social sciences is particularly relevant in the current climate. Political discourses and stereotypical media portrayals of Islam as a monolithic civilisation have prevented the emergence of cultural pluralism and individual freedom. Such discourses are countered by the contributors who show the diversity and plurality of Muslim societies and promote a reflection on how the ethnographic method allows the description, representation and analysis of the social and cultural complexity of Muslim societies in the discourse of anthropology.