Introducing Islam/ (Record no. 181564)
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| International Standard Book Number | 0415533457 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
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| Classification number | 297 |
| Item number | SHE/I |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introducing Islam/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Shepard,William E. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 424 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 Introduction: approaching the subject<br/>Who represents Islam? 1<br/>WlhU is Islam? 2<br/>Is there a "true Islam"? 3<br/>Empathetic umierstamling 3<br/>Apologetics 5<br/>Two problematic pairs 6<br/>.From Orientalism to Islamic Studies 6<br/>Tl)e role of the media 7<br/>Issues of language and related matters 7<br/>Dates 8<br/>An introductory ouervicw ojTslam 8<br/>PARTI<br/>History of the coniiminity<br/>2 On the eve of Islam: the Hellenistic-Iranian world<br/>Tii'o "superpowers" 18<br/>Religion in Inni; Zoroastrianism 19<br/>Other Iranian religions 21<br/>Byzantine Christianity 21<br/>Other forms of Christianity 24<br/>Jews 25<br/>Philosophers and Gnostics 26<br/>Tl)e Axial Age 28<br/>3 The beginnings of Islam: Muslim history to about 700 ce<br/>77jc Arabs before Islam 31<br/>Uie career of the Prophet Muhammad 34<br/>Confict and comjuest after Muhammad 38<br/>Some scholarly reservations 42<br/>4 Expansion and flowering; the history of Islam fiom about 700 to 17O0 ce<br/>Use later Umayyad period 47<br/>Tl:e early Abbasid period 48<br/>Independent or autonomous realms 50<br/>TIk' later Abbasid period 52<br/>Tlse Crusades and their effects 52<br/>The Mongol invasions and after 54<br/>The three great empires: Ottomans, Safavids and Moghuls 57<br/>Central Asia, China, Southeast Asia and Africa 60<br/>PART II<br/>Aspects of Islam<br/>5 The Qur'an: God speaks<br/>Wloat is the Qur'an? 65<br/>Hie Qur'an in Muslim culture 68<br/>Tlje main teachings of the Qur'an 70<br/>Interpretation of the Qur'an 77<br/>Modern critical approaches to the Qur'an 78<br/>6 The Prophet Muhammad: "the best of ail creatures"<br/>Muhammad is human, but special 84<br/>Sunna and Hadith 85<br/>How authentic are the Hadith? 88<br/>Muhammad as intercessor and spiritual being 90<br/>Modernist rieiw; Muhammad as hero 93<br/>7 Rituals and ceremonies<br/>Some basic distinctions and concerns 99<br/>TIk Pillars 100<br/>Other pilgrimages 113<br/>TIk birthday oj the Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid al-Nabi} 113<br/>Life cycle rituals 114<br/>Sibha 116<br/>Halnl food 116<br/>8 Divisions in the umma: sects and political theory<br/>Kbarijis 121<br/>Shi'is 122<br/>Stnnii$ 127<br/>Persian and Greek contributions 130<br/>9 Those who know: scholars and learning<br/>Who are the 'ulama'? 134<br/>TIk mosque 135<br/>Education and learning 135<br/>Tlje sciences and higher leuel teaching 137<br/>'Ulama' and gouernment 141<br/>10 To know God's will: Islamic law<br/>Law: Shari'a and fiqh 146<br/>H)e five Shari'a valuations 147<br/>Usul al-fiqh, the roots ofjurisprttdence: the Stinni form 149<br/>Sunni "schools" of jurisprudence, madhhabs 153<br/>Usul al-fiqh; the Twelver Shi'iform 154<br/>Muftis and farwas 155<br/>A brief history of fiqh 157<br/>TIh' Shari'a and popular appropriation 159<br/>11 Theology and philosophy! "God talk", Muslim style<br/>Tljeology (kalam, usul al-din) 163<br/>Theological issues 165<br/>Philosophy 169<br/>Main teachings of the philosophers 170<br/>12 Hie Sufi path to God: spiritual dimensions of Islam<br/>Knowledge, love and remembrance of Cod 176<br/>Tariqa, the path 177<br/>The goal: fana' and baqa' 179<br/>Walis Csai'nfs) 182<br/>Sufism and Shari'a-mindedness 184<br/>Historical outline 185<br/>Poetry and theosophy 187<br/>Some recent developments 190<br/>13 A philosopher, a scholar-mystic and a reformer<br/>Ibn Sina 194<br/>Al'Ghazali 199<br/>Ibn Taymiyya 202<br/>14 Culture and countet'culcure<br/>Visual arc 209<br/>Architecture 214<br/>Literature 217<br/>Poetry 218 -<br/>Prose 221<br/>Music 222<br/>PART III<br/>Modern developments<br/>15 Modern challenges; Western imperialism and Muslim response<br/>European imperialism and colonialism 230<br/>Modernization, Westernization, secularization 233<br/>Tt}c challenge to Islam: "the great reversal" 233<br/>Pre-modern rejorm 234<br/>Responses to the challenge 235<br/>Traditionalism 235<br/>Islamic modernism 237<br/>Secularism 241<br/>Islamism 243<br/>Resurgence of Islam 247<br/>TJje special case of Israel and Palestine 249<br/>Tile "Arab spring" 251<br/>Post-Islamism? 252<br/>16 Ideology' and politics in Turkey: secularist reform<br/>Ottoman defeats and reforms 256<br/>Ottoman "pan-Islamic" policy and claim to the caliphate 258<br/>"Turkism" in the early tiventieth century 259<br/>Nationalist and secularist republic established by Atatiirk 259<br/>Partial retreat from secularism from about 1950 263<br/>TJjc Nurcu and Giilcn movements 266<br/>Alevi irvival 266<br/>TIh' Turkish experience 267<br/>17 Ideology and politics in Eg)'pt: between secularism and Islamism<br/>TI)e beginnings of modernization and secularization 271<br/>Muhammad Abduh and Islamic modernism 273<br/>Nationalism and secularization in the early tivoitieth century 274<br/>Tlx beginnings of Islamism: the Muslim Brothers 276<br/>Revolution: support, control and repression 278<br/>Resurgence of Islam 279<br/>Tlx "Arab spring" in Egypt 283<br/>18 Ideology and politics in Iran: from secularism to Islamic republic<br/>TJjc Qajat's: religion, foreign interference, constitution 289<br/>Jlje Pahlavis: Reza Shah and Iranian nationalism 293<br/>Muhammad Reza Shah: White Reuolution 294<br/>Islamic opposition and revolution 295<br/>Islamic republic 297<br/>After Khomeini 300<br/>19 Ideology and politics in Indonesia: Islamic society or Islamic state?<br/>Islaniization of Java, Sumatra and other islands 306<br/>Dutch imperialism a)id continuing Islamization 309<br/>Twentieth'century movements 310<br/>Independence and the issue of an Islamic state 312<br/>Tlje events of 1965 and Suhartos regime 314<br/>Post'Suharto: elections; violent Islamism 316<br/>20 Globalization: challenge and opportvmity<br/>Globalization: meaning and examples 322<br/>Global jihad 324<br/>Why martyrdom operations? 329<br/>Muslim diaspora in the West 331<br/>Liberal/progressive Islam 335<br/>21 Three cultural flashpoints: gender, democracy and human rights<br/>Gender 343<br/>Democracy 352<br/>Human rights 357<br/>Concluding problematic postscript: the myth of equality 364 |
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| Koha item type | AC Sinha Collection |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 297 SHE/I | P36576 | 14/07/2018 | 14/07/2018 | General Books |