Muslims : their religious beliefs and practices
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Muslims : their religious beliefs and practices
(The library of religious beliefs and practices)
Routledge, 2012
4th ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Andrew Rippin's Muslims is essential reading for students and scholars alike. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and for the first time features a companion website with extensive links to additional reading and resources to help deepen students' understanding of the subject.
Muslims offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to modern times. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular the Qur'an and the influence of Muhammad, and traces the ways in which these sources have interacted historically to create Muslim theology and law as well as the alternative visions of Islam found in Shi'ism and Sufi sm.
Combining core source materials with coverage of current scholarship and of recent events in the Islamic world, Andrew Rippin introduces this hugely significant religion in a succinct, challenging and refreshing way. The improved and expanded fourth edition contains a new chapter on perceptions of Muslims today as well as a new series of text boxes to stimulate students' thinking about essay topics and research projects. Using a distinctive critical approach that promotes engagement with key issues, from fundamentalism and women's rights to problems of identity, Islamophobia and modernity, this text is ideal for today's students.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Fourth Edition. Introduction Part 1: Formative Elements of Classical Islam 1. Prehistory 2. The Qur'an 3. Muhammad Part 2: Emergence of Islamic Identity 4. Political Action and Theory 5. Theological Exposition 6. Legal Developments 7. Ritual Practice Part 3: Alternative Visions of Classical Islamic Identity 8. The Shi'a 9. Sufi Devotion Part 4: Consolidation of Islamic Identity 10. Intellectual Culture 11. Medieval Visions of Islam Part 5: Modern Visions of Islam 12. Describing Modernity 13. Muhammad and Modernity 14. The Qur'an and Modernity 15. Issues of Identity: Ritual and Politics Part 6: Re-Visioning Islam 16. Women, Intellectuals and Other Challenges 17. Perceptions of Muslims in the Twenty-First Century. Glossary. References. General Index. Index of Qur'an Citations.
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