Introduction to Islam, An,9780131835634

Introduction to Islam, An

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780131835634
ISBN10: 0131835637
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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The author's extensive field work, experience, and scholarship combined with his engaging writing style and passion for the subject sets this text apart. An Introduction to Islam, Third Edition, provides students with a thorough and unified topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. It places Islam within a cultural, political, social, and religious context and examines its connections with Judeo-Christian morals. The text's integration of the doctrinal and devotional elements of Islam enables students to see how Muslims think and live-engendering understanding and breaking down stereotypes.An Introduction to Islam, Third Editionalso reviews pre-Islamic history so students can see how Islam developed historically.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Part One Religion and Common Life in the Pre-Islamic Near East
Chapter 1 Early Civilizations and the Origins of Judaism and Christianity
3(26)
Egypt the Land
3(4)
Mesopotamia the Land
7(4)
The Origins of Judaism
11(1)
Abraham
11(4)
Moses
15(1)
Later Religious Development
16(1)
The Prophets
17(2)
From Ancient Israelite Religion to Judaism
19(1)
Awaiting God's Messiah
20(1)
Jesus of Nazareth
21(2)
Paul
23(1)
Christianity
24(1)
Christianity and Judaism
25(4)
Chapter 2 Pre-Islamic Arabia: Beliefs, Values, Way of Life
29(18)
Pre-Islamic Arabia: Beliefs, Values, Way of Life
29(2)
Social Structure and Economy
31(5)
Poetry
36(1)
Pre-Islamic Religion
37(10)
Part Two The Coming of Islam: The Prophet, His People, and God's Religion
Chapter 3 Muhammad and the Early Muslim Community
47(25)
Before Muhammad
47(1)
Muhammad the Person
48(3)
Muhammad the Prophet
51(1)
The Qur'an
52(2)
The First Muslims
54(1)
The Development of Islam
55(4)
The Qur'an's Divine Message
59(2)
The Hera
61(6)
Muhammads Later Life
67(2)
Muhammad 's Personal Life
69(3)
Chapter 4 The Arab Conquests and Islamic Rule: The Struggle for a Unified Umma
72(25)
Muhammad's Heirs
72(1)
The Muslims' Foreign Conquests
73(2)
Early Muslim Governments and the Spread of the Umma
75(6)
Two Approaches to Politics and Rule
81(1)
The Spread of the Islamic Empire
82(3)
The Abbasids
85(3)
Other Muslim Peoples
88(3)
Islam's Achievements
91(6)
Part Three The Islamic Religious System
Chapter 5 The Basic Beliefs and Worship Practices of Islam
97(31)
The Five Doctrines of Islamic Faith
97(6)
The Five Acts of Worship
103(1)
Purification
104(1)
Ritual Impurity
105(4)
The Pillars of Islam
109(19)
Chapter 6 The Nature and Function of the Qur'an
128(21)
Language, Format, and Chronology
128(4)
Recitation and Ritual Observances
132(6)
Contents and Nature of the Qur'an
138(2)
Interpretation of the Qur'an
140(5)
The "Inimitability" of the Qur'an
145(4)
Chapter 7 The Prophet's Sunna as Preserved in the Hadith
149(15)
Muhammad and Scripture
149(2)
The Form of the Hadith
151(4)
Major Collections of Hadith
155(3)
The Prophet's and His Companions' Sunnas
158(1)
Muhammad as an Ideal Human
159(5)
Chapter 8 Muslim Creeds and Theologies: Their Purposes and Varieties
164(23)
Theology
164(2)
Islamic Theology
166(1)
Theological Issues
167(3)
The Place of Reason
170(1)
The Mu'tazilite Rationalists
171(1)
Mu'tazilite Thought
172(7)
Three Muslim Creeds
179(4)
Orthodox Kalam and the Challenge of Philosophy
183(4)
Chapter 9 Law and the State in Classical Islamic Formulations
187(24)
Islam as a Way of Life
187(1)
The Shari'a and Fiqh
187(1)
The Qur'an and the Law
188(3)
The Legal Scholars
191(2)
Schools of Law
193(1)
The Five Principles
194(1)
Sunni Law Schools
195(2)
Shi'i Law Schools
197(1)
Islamic Political Institutions: Forms, Functions, and Theories
198(13)
Part Four The Sufi Way of Mysticism and Fellowship
Chapter 10 Islamic Mysticism and the Disciplines of Esoteric Piety
211(27)
Sufism
211(6)
Asceticism in Early Islamic Contexts
217(4)
Sufi Symbolism
221(2)
Sufism as an Esoteric Discipline: The Tariga or Way
223(2)
Al-Junayd and Sober Sufism
225(2)
Antinomian Sufism
227(2)
Intoxicated Sufism: Al-Hallaj
229(2)
States and Stations
231(2)
Al-Ghazali and the Reconciliation of Shari'a and Tariqa
233(5)
Chapter 11 Masters and Disciples: The Forms and Functions of Sufi Orders
238(25)
The Rise of Sufi Orders
238(1)
Shaykhs and Faqirs: The Master-Disciple Relationship
239(1)
The Qadiri Order: Islam's Major International Sufi Brotherhood
240(2)
Other Classic Sufi Orders
242(4)
Jalal al-Din al-Rumi and the Mawlawis
246(2)
Rumi's Poetry
248(3)
The Silsila or Spiritual Lineage
251(1)
Dhikr and Sama': Remembrance and the Spiritual Concert
252(4)
Sufi Theosophy: The Thought of Ibn Arabi
256(7)
Part Five Patterns of Islamic Personal and Communal Life
Chapter 12 The Islamic Life Cycle and the Family
263(26)
Islamic Domestic Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs
263(1)
Rites of Infancy and Childhood
263(4)
Marriage (Nikah)
267(5)
Divorce (Talaq)
272(2)
Inheritance
274(1)
Property
274(1)
Interest
275(1)
Family Life
276(2)
Food and Eating Habits
278(1)
Clothing, Ornamentation, and Toilet
279(2)
Death Rituals
281(3)
Mourning Customs
284(5)
Chapter 13 Ideals and Realities of Islamic Community Life
289(26)
The Closeness of the Community
289(1)
The Mosque
289(4)
The Marketplace
293(1)
Public Behavior
294(3)
Recreation
297(3)
Official Islam
300(1)
Popular Islam
301(1)
The Veneration of Saints
301(6)
Distinctive Shi'i Ritual Practices
307(8)
Part Six Islam in the Modern World
Chapter 14 Major Movements and Trends in Renewal and Reform
315(25)
Three Phases of Islamic History
315(3)
The Wahhabas
318(3)
Other Reform Movements
321(2)
Some Modernist Thinkers
323(5)
Islam and Nationalism
328(12)
Chapter 15 Three Forms of Islamic Revival: "Fundamentalism," Feminism, and Establishing the Umma in North America
340(23)
Fundamentalism
340(6)
Islam and the Status of Women
346(4)
Islam and Muslims in North America
350(13)
Chapter 16 Whither Islam and the Muslims? Progressive Muslims with a Vision of an "Islam without Borders"
363(18)
"Westoxication"
364(1)
Modernity and Westernization in the Post-9/11 World
365(4)
Progressive Muslims
369(3)
Progressive Assertiveness
372(1)
An Iranian Shi'ite Muslim's Voice in Human Rights and Rational Discourse
372(3)
Muslim Women Scholar-Activists
375(2)
Conclusion
377(4)
Suggestions for Further Reading 381(22)
Glossary 403(10)
Acknowledgments 413(2)
Index 415

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