Islam : its beginnings and history, its theology and its importance today /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Crotty, Robert B. (Author), Lovat, Terry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Adelaide : ATF Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Islam > History.
Islam > Doctrines.
Islam > Histoire.
RELIGION > Islam > Theology.
Islam.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Early history of the Arabs
  • The message of Islam
  • The beginnings of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad
  • The Qur'an as a source of truth for Islamic thought and practice
  • The Sunnah of Muhammad
  • The five pillars of Islam
  • The early divisions of Islam
  • Later Islamic history and more divisions
  • Distinctive features of the Ummah of Islam
  • Recovering early principles and reforms: an interpretation
  • Medieval reform and scholarship
  • Islam and the wider Christian and Jewish relationship
  • The Muslim Jesus
  • A story of loss and the beginnings of th troubles we still deal with today
  • Conclusion.

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