Islam History, Religion, and Politics.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2015.
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Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Maps
- 1 Many Paths to One God: Establishing the Ideals
- The Quran
- The Quran and Other Scriptures
- Themes of the Quran
- The Exemplary Life of Muhammad, Prophet of Islam: The Sunna
- The Early Muslim Community and the Pillars of Islam
- The Successors ("Caliphs")
- Early Communal Disputes
- Conclusion
- 2 The Pursuit of Knowledge in the Service of God and Humanity: The Golden Age
- Institutions
- Law
- Political Structure
- Cultural Achievements
- Spirituality and the Mystical Tradition: Sufism
- Conclusion
- 3 Division and Reorganization
- The Crusades and Other Disasters
- The Decline of the Abbasids and Rise of the Ottomans
- Persia: The Safavid Empire
- India and the Rise of the Mughals
- Understanding Developments in Islamic History
- Conclusion
- 4 Colonialism and Reform
- Colonialism
- The Outcome of World War I
- The Effects of Colonialism and Themes of Islamic Reform
- Modern Iterations of Islamic Reform and New Challenges
- Islamist Approaches to Reform
- Conclusion: Mainstream Islamists and Radicals
- 5 Contemporary Islam: The Challenges of Democratization and Complications of Global Politics
- Turkey
- Iran
- Pakistan, Afghanistan, and al-Qaeda
- Indonesia
- Tunisia and the Arab Spring
- What about Terrorism? ISIS, Boko Haram, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and Hezbollah
- Conclusion: Asking the Right Questions
- Further Reading
- Art and Architecture
- Current Affairs
- History
- Literature
- Philosophy
- Reference
- Religion
- Science
- Women
- Websites
- Index
- End User License Agreement