Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes

Author : Mehmet Karabela
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000369816

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Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes by Mehmet Karabela Pdf

Early modern Protestant scholars closely engaged with Islamic thought in more ways than is usually recognized. Among Protestants, Lutheran scholars distinguished themselves as the most invested in the study of Islam and Muslim culture. Mehmet Karabela brings the neglected voices of post-Reformation theologians, primarily German Lutherans, into focus and reveals their rigorous engagement with Islamic thought. Inspired by a global history approach to religious thought, Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes offers new sources to broaden the conventional interpretation of the Reformation beyond a solely European Christian phenomenon. Based on previously unstudied dissertations, disputations, and academic works written in Latin in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Karabela analyzes three themes: Islam as theology and religion; Islamic philosophy and liberal arts; and Muslim sects (Sunni and Shi‘a). This book provides analyses and translations of the Latin texts as well as brief biographies of the authors. These texts offer insight into the Protestant perception of Islamic thought for scholars of religious studies and Islamic studies as well as for general readers. Examining the influence of Islamic thought on the construction of the Protestant identity after the Reformation helps us to understand the role of Islam in the evolution of Christianity.

Author : Mehmet Karabela
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000369847

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Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes by Mehmet Karabela Pdf

Early modern Protestant scholars closely engaged with Islamic thought in more ways than is usually recognized. Among Protestants, Lutheran scholars distinguished themselves as the most invested in the study of Islam and Muslim culture. Mehmet Karabela brings the neglected voices of post-Reformation theologians, primarily German Lutherans, into focus and reveals their rigorous engagement with Islamic thought. Inspired by a global history approach to religious thought, Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes offers new sources to broaden the conventional interpretation of the Reformation beyond a solely European Christian phenomenon. Based on previously unstudied dissertations, disputations, and academic works written in Latin in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Karabela analyzes three themes: Islam as theology and religion; Islamic philosophy and liberal arts; and Muslim sects (Sunni and Shi‘a). This book provides analyses and translations of the Latin texts as well as brief biographies of the authors. These texts offer insight into the Protestant perception of Islamic thought for scholars of religious studies and Islamic studies as well as for general readers. Examining the influence of Islamic thought on the construction of the Protestant identity after the Reformation helps us to understand the role of Islam in the evolution of Christianity.

Author : Mehmet Karabela
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 036754959X

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Islamic Thought Through Protestant Eyes by Mehmet Karabela Pdf

This book elucidates how post-Reformation scholars used Islam as a foil to refine their Protestant identity. Karabela provides new sources for religious studies and Islamic studies scholars, which broadens the received interpretation of the Reformation as a solely European Christian phenomenon.

Author : Suha Taji-Farouki,Institute of Ismaili Studies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0197200036

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Modern Muslim Intellectuals and the Qur'an by Suha Taji-Farouki,Institute of Ismaili Studies Pdf

This volume examines the writings of ten Muslim intellectuals, working in the Muslim world and the West, who employ contemporary critical methods to understand the Qur'an. Their work points to a new trend in Muslim interpretation, characterised by a direct engagement with the Word of God while embracing intellectual modernity in a global context. The volume situates and evaluates their work and responses to it among Muslim and non-Muslim audiences.

Author : Mohamad Jebara
Publisher : St. Martin's Essentials
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250239655

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Muhammad, the World-Changer by Mohamad Jebara Pdf

"An accessible biography of Muhammad, Islam’s founding prophet, tracing his development from orphan to political leader and providing insights into his personal life and tastes." —New York Times Book Review "A joyous read, presenting the Prophet Muhammad both as human and humane. Insightful, thoughtful and thought provoking! " —Azar Nafisi, New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran “A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. I loved this book!” —Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth A six-year-old cries in his mother’s arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: “Muhammad, be a world-changer!” The boy, suddenly orphaned in a tribal society that fears any change, must overcome enormous obstacles to unleash his own potential and inspire others to do the same. Fusing details long known to Muslim scholars but inaccessible to popular audiences, Mohamad Jebara brings to life the gripping personal story of Islam’s founding prophet. From his dramatic birth to nearly being abducted into slavery to escaping assassination, Muhammad emerges as an unrelenting man on a mission. Surrounding the protagonist are dynamic women who nurture Muhammad; Jewish and Christian mentors who inspire him; and the enslaved individuals he helps liberate who propel his movement. Jebara places Muhammad’s life in a broader historical context, vividly evoking the Meccan society he was born into and arguing that his innovative vision helped shape our modern world.

Author : Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1494867176

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Western Civilization Through Muslim Eyes by Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari Pdf

This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. You may read this book carefully and should you be interested to have further study on such publications you can contact us through www.shia.es Naturally, if we find you to be a keen and energetic reader we shall give you a deserving response in sending you some other publications of this Organization.

Author : Derya Little
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681497709

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From Islam to Christ by Derya Little Pdf

Born and raised in Muslim Turkey, Derya Little wandered far and wide in search of her true home. After her parents' divorce, she rejected her family's Islamic faith and became an atheist. During her stormy adolescence, she tried to convince a Christian missionary that there is no God but was converted to Christ instead. Her winding path through the riddles of God was not over, however. While attending a Turkish university and serving as a Christian youth minister, Derya began to compare the teachings of Protestantism and Catholicism, and during her doctoral studies in England, she entered the Catholic Church. Ultimately, she ended up in the United States, where she has become a citizen and has settled down to raise a family. Derya's story provides a window into both Islam and modernity. It shows that the grace and the mercy of God know no bounds. Rather, the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ reaches souls in the most unlikely places.

Author : Nabil I. Matar
Publisher : Islamic History and Civilizati
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9004440240

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Mediterranean Captivity Through Arab Eyes, 1517-1798 by Nabil I. Matar Pdf

Introduction: Mediterranean Captivities -- Qiṣaṣ al-Asrā, or Stories of the Captives -- Letters -- Divine Intervention: Christian and Islamic -- Conversion and Resistance -- Ransom and Return -- Captivity of Books -- Epilogue: Esclaves turcs in Sculpture -- Postscript: How Should the Sculptures Be Treated?

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830879441

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Between Allah & Jesus by Peter Kreeft Pdf

What would happen if Christians and a Muslim at a university talked and disagreed, but really tried to understand each other? What would they learn? That is the intriguing question Peter Kreeft seeks to answer in these imaginative conversations at Boston College. An articulate and engaging Muslim student named 'Isa challenges the Christian students and professors he meets on issues ranging from prayer and worship to evolution and abortion, from war and politics to the nature of spiritual struggle and spiritual submission. While Kreeft believes Christians should not learn extremism or unitarian theology from Muslims, he does believe that if we really listened we could learn much about devoted religious practice and ethics. Here is a book to open your understanding of one of the key forces shaping our world today. It's a book that just could make you a better Christian.

Author : M. Iqbal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9394112111

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The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam by M. Iqbal Pdf

Author : Carl W. Ernst
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807875803

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Following Muhammad by Carl W. Ernst Pdf

Avoiding the traps of sensational political exposes and specialized scholarly Orientalism, Carl Ernst introduces readers to the profound spiritual resources of Islam while clarifying diversity and debate within the tradition. Framing his argument in terms of religious studies, Ernst describes how Protestant definitions of religion and anti-Muslim prejudice have affected views of Islam in Europe and America. He also covers the contemporary importance of Islam in both its traditional settings and its new locations and provides a context for understanding extremist movements like fundamentalism. He concludes with an overview of critical debates on important contemporary issues such as gender and veiling, state politics, and science and religion.

Author : Clayton Crockett,Catherine Keller
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780823298136

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Political Theology on Edge by Clayton Crockett,Catherine Keller Pdf

In Political Theology on Edge, the discourse of political theology is seen as situated on an edge—that is, on the edge of a world that is grappling with global warming, a brutal form of neoliberal capitalism, protests against racism and police brutality, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This edge is also a form of eschatology that forces us to imagine new ways of being religious and political in our cohabitation of a fragile and shared planet. Each of the essays in this volume attends to how climate change and our ecological crises intersect and interact with more traditional themes of political theology. While the tradition of political theology is often associated with philosophical responses to the work of Carl Schmitt—and the critical attempts to disengage religion from his rightwing politics—the contributors to this volume are informed by Schmitt but not limited to his perspectives. They engage and transform political theology from the standpoint of climate change, the politics of race, and non-Christian political theologies including Islam and Sikhism. Important themes include the Anthropocene, ecology, capitalism, sovereignty, Black Lives Matter, affect theory, continental philosophy, destruction, and suicide. This book features world renowned scholars and emerging voices that together open up the tradition of political theology to new ideas and new ways of thinking. Contributors: Gil Anidjar, Balbinder Singh Bhogal, J. Kameron Carter, William E. Connolly, Kelly Brown Douglas, Seth Gaiters, Lisa Gasson-Gardner, Winfred Goodwin, Lawrence Hillis, Mehmet Karabela, Michael Northcott, Austin Roberts, Noëlle Vahanian, Larry L. Welborn

Author : Najib George Awad
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004444362

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After-Mission, Beyond Evangelicalism by Najib George Awad Pdf

After-Mission touches on on three questions.The first question is about self-perception and identity-formation strategies, and the various views that we have on the Protestants’ relation to their Arab Muslim Middle Eastern context. The second question, about the theological dimension, asks what kind of a theological discourse do the Protestants need to develop, and how do they need to re-form their own theological heritage, in such a manner that will allow them to heal the historical enmity and suspicion towards them from the Eastern Orthodox Christian community in the region? Finally, the third question touches on the Protestants’ future in the Arab Muslim Middle East by viewing this inquiry from a broader perspective that is related to all the Middle Eastern Christian communities’ presence and role in the Muslim-majority context. The question of identity formation, and the managing of difference without trapping it in the mud of ‘otherizing and self-otherizing’, will also be tackled, so that the theological dimension is integrated with the broader, multifaceted contextual one.

Author : Charles E. Butterworth,I. William Zartman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0521789729

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Between the State and Islam by Charles E. Butterworth,I. William Zartman Pdf

How Middle Eastern peoples in the past two centuries lived outside the region's politico-religious structures.

Author : Alister E. McGrath
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780470776964

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The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation by Alister E. McGrath Pdf

The sixteenth-century Reformation remains a fascinating and exciting area of study. The revised edition of this distinguished volume explores the intellectual origins of the Reformation and examines the importance of ideas in the shaping of history. Provides an updated and expanded version of the original, highly-acclaimed edition. Explores the complex intellectual roots of the Reformation, offering a sustained engagement with the ideas of humanism and scholasticism. Demonstrates how the intellectual origins of the Reformation were heterogeneous, and examines the implications of this for our understanding of the Reformation as a whole. Offers a defence of the entire enterprise of intellectual history, and a reaffirmation of the importance of ideas to the development of history. Written by Alister E. McGrath, one of today’s best-known Christian writers.