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Book Synopsis The Formative Period of Islamic Thought by : W. Montgomery Watt
Download or read book The Formative Period of Islamic Thought written by W. Montgomery Watt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text gives a formative account of the development of Islamic thought from the death of Muhammad in 632, to 950. It demonstrates how various religions and political movements within Islam contributed to what has become standard form, including the positive contribution of sects later regarded as heretical, and the key interaction of religion and politics. Drawing on many previously unresearched Arabic sources, it presents a comprehensive, balanced and clear picture of the main lines of philosophical development in this important period.
Book Synopsis The Formative Period of Islamic Thought by : William Montgomery Watt
Download or read book The Formative Period of Islamic Thought written by William Montgomery Watt and published by ONEWorld. This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear picture of the main lines of philosophical development from the death of Muhammad in 632, to 950.
Book Synopsis Striving in the Path of God by : Asma Afsaruddin
Download or read book Striving in the Path of God written by Asma Afsaruddin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In popular and academic literature, jihad is predominantly assumed to refer exclusively to armed combat, and martyrdom in the Islamic context is understood to be invariably of the military kind. This perspective, derived mainly from legal texts, has led to discussions of jihad and martyrdom as concepts with fixed, universal meanings divorced from the socio-political circumstances in which they have been deployed through the centuries. Asma Afsaruddin studies in a more holistic manner the range of significations that can be ascribed to the term jihad from the earliest period to the present and historically contextualizes the competing discourses that developed over time. Many assumptions about the military jihad and martyrdom in Islam are thereby challenged and deconstructed. A comprehensive interrogation of varied sources reveals early and multiple competing definitions of a word that in combination with the phrase fi sabil Allah translates literally to "striving in the path of God." Contemporary radical Islamists have appropriated this language to exhort their cadres to armed political opposition, which they legitimize under the rubric of jihad. Afsaruddin shows that the multivalent connotations of jihad and shahid recovered from the formative period lead us to question the assertions of those who maintain that belligerent and militant interpretations preserve the earliest and only authentic understanding of these two key terms. Retrieval of these multiple perspectives has important implications for our world today in which the concepts of jihad and martyrdom are still being fiercely debated.
Book Synopsis The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism by : Andrew J Newman
Download or read book The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism written by Andrew J Newman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth and tenth centuries, the relations between each of these and the Abbasid political institution favoured the narration of different bodies of the Imams' traditions
Book Synopsis Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shiʻite Islam by : Hossein Modarressi Tabataba'i
Download or read book Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shiʻite Islam written by Hossein Modarressi Tabataba'i and published by Darwin Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sufism written by Ahmet T. Karamustafa and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive historical overview of the formative period of Sufism, the major mystical tradition in Islam, from the ninth to the twelfth century CE. Based on a fresh reading of the primary sources and integrating the findings of recent scholarship on the subject, the author presents a unified narrative of Sufism's historical development within an innovative analytical framework. Karamustafa gives a new account of the emergence of mystical currents in Islam during the ninth century and traces the rapid spread of Iraq-based Sufism to other regions of the Islamic world and its fusion with indigenous mystical movements elsewhere, most notably the Malr cultural context
Book Synopsis Striving in the Path of God by : Asma Afsaruddin
Download or read book Striving in the Path of God written by Asma Afsaruddin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jihad is often assumed to refer to armed combat and Muslim martyrdom is understood to be invariably of the military kind. By canvassing a more diverse range of texts - Qur'an, tafsir, hadith, edifying and hortatory literature — this book recuperates a more nuanced and multifaceted understanding of both jihad and martyrdom through time.
Book Synopsis Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought by : Maria De Cillis
Download or read book Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought written by Maria De Cillis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of "human free-will" versus "divine predestination" is one of the most contentious topics in classical Islamic thought. By focusing on a theme of central importance to any philosophy of religion, and to Islam in particular, this book offers a critical study of the intellectual contributions offered to this discourse by three key medieval Islamic thinkers: Avicenna, al-Ghāzālī and Ibn ʿArabī. Through investigation of primary sources, Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought establishes the historical, political and intellectual circumstances which prompted Avicenna, al-Ghāzālī and Ibn ʿArabī’s attempts at harmonization. By analysing the theoretical and linguistic ‘techniques’ which were employed to convey these endeavours, this book demonstrates that the three individuals were committed to compromise between philosophical, theological and mystical outlooks. Arguing that the three scholars’ treatments of the so-called qaḍā wa’l-qadar (decree and destiny) and ikhtiyār (free-will) issues were innovative, influential and fundamentally more complex than hitherto recognized, this book contributes to a fuller understanding of Islamic intellectual history and culture and will be useful to researchers interested in Islamic Studies, Religion and Islamic Mysticism.
Book Synopsis Islamic Philosophy and Theology by : William Montgomery Watt
Download or read book Islamic Philosophy and Theology written by William Montgomery Watt and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the standard general account in English of Islamic philosophy and theology. It takes the reader from the religio-political sects of the Kharijites and the Shiites through to the assimilation of Greek thought in the medieval period, and onto the early modern period. Watt concludes with an analysis of Western influences on modern Islamic theology.
Download or read book Islamic Thought written by Abdullah Saeed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism by : Andrew J Newman
Download or read book The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism written by Andrew J Newman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth and tenth centuries, the relations between each of these and the Abbasid political institution favoured the narration of different bodies of the Imams' traditions
Download or read book Muslims written by Andrew Rippin and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to the thought and practices of this frequently misunderstood religious group, using well-documented source material and recent research.
Book Synopsis Mālik and Medina by : Umar F. Abd-Allah
Download or read book Mālik and Medina written by Umar F. Abd-Allah and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the legal reasoning of Mālik ibn Anas (d. 179 H./795 C.E.) in the Muwaṭṭa’ and Mudawwana. Although focusing on Mālik, the book presents a broad comparative study of legal reasoning in the first three centuries of Islam. It reexamines the role of considered opinion (ra’y), dissent, and legal ḥadīths and challenges the paradigm that Muslim jurists ultimately concurred on a “four-source” (Qurʾān, sunna, consensus, and analogy) theory of law. Instead, Mālik and Medina emphasizes that the four Sunnī schools of law (madhāhib) emerged during the formative period as distinctive, consistent, yet largely unspoken legal methodologies and persistently maintained their independence and continuity over the next millennium.
Book Synopsis Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam by : Julia Bray
Download or read book Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam written by Julia Bray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world around them in their writings. Focusing mainly on the eighth to tenth centuries AD, known as the ‘formative period of Islamic thought’, the book examines historiography, literary prose and Arabic prose genres which do not fall neatly into either category. Filling a gap in the literature by providing detailed discussions of both primary texts and recent scholarship, Writing and Representation in Medieval Islam will be welcomed by students and scholars of classical Arabic literature, Islamic history and medieval history.
Book Synopsis The Foundations of Islam and Islamic Thought by : Ariana Wolff
Download or read book The Foundations of Islam and Islamic Thought written by Ariana Wolff and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Amidst growing concerns about radical religious terrorism and general misinformation about the Islamic faith, this authoritative, academic guide reveals the rich historical development and core theological teachings of the world's second-largest religion. By covering Islam's philosophical development in detail alongside biographical treatments of several key thinkers, this book unveils the beliefs of an oft-misunderstood religion. Through an in-depth exploration of Muslim principles, this book demystifies Islam and provides a greater context in which to understand the Islamic faith."
Book Synopsis Islam in Historical Perspective by : Alexander Knysh
Download or read book Islam in Historical Perspective written by Alexander Knysh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam in Historical Perspective integrates history of Islamic societies with discussion of how Muslim scriptures, laws, moral values and myths have shaped lives and thought of individual Muslims and various Muslim communities from the rise of Islam until today. It provides carefully selected historical and scriptural evidence that enables readers to form a comprehensive balanced vision of Islam's evolution. Author Alexander Knysh shows Muslims have made sense of their life experiences by constantly interpreting and re-interpreting Islam's foundational ideas in accordance with ever-changing social and political conditions. In addition to the combined historical and chronological approach, the author offers in-depth discussions of intellectual dialogues and struggles within Islamic tradition. He shows Islam to be a social and political force, while addressing Muslim devotional practices, artistic creativity and structures of everyday life and provides a wealth of historical anecdotes and quotations from original sources that are designed to illustrate principal points.
Book Synopsis Anthropomorphism in Islam by : Livnat Holtzman
Download or read book Anthropomorphism in Islam written by Livnat Holtzman and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a close, contextualized, and interdisciplinary reading in Hadith compilations, theological treatises, and historical sources, this book offers an evaluation and understanding of the traditionalistic endeavours to define anthropomorphism in the most crucial and indeed most formative period of Islamic thought.
