Islam In Historical Perspective 2Nd Edn by Alexander Knysh, Taylor & Francis

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Taylor & Francis Islam In Historical Perspective 2Nd Edn by Alexander Knysh

Islam in Historical Perspective provides readers with an introduction to Islam, Islamic history and societies with carefully selected historical and scriptural evidence that enables them to form a comprehensive and balanced vision of Islam's rise and evolution across the centuries and up to the present day. Combining historical and chronological approaches, the book examines intellectual dialogues and socio-political struggles within the extraordinary rich Islamic tradition. Treating Islam as a social and political force, the book also addresses Muslim devotional practices, artistic creativity and the structures of everyday existence. Islam in Historical Perspective is designed to help readers to develop personal empathy for the subject by relating it to their own experiences and burning issues of today. It contains a wealth of historical anecdotes and quotations from original sources that are intended to emphasize its principal points in a memorable way._x000D__x000D__x000D_This new edition features a thoroughly revised and updated text, new illustrations, expanded study questions and chapter summaries._x000D_ _x000D_ Preface _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Acknowledgments _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Note on Transliteration and Dates_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 1 Arabia: The Cradle of Islam_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 2 Muhammad and the Beginnings of Islam: The Making of the Muslim Community_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 3 After Muhammad: The Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Conquests_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 4 The Murder of `Uthman, the Fitna Wars, and the Rise and Consolidation of the Umayyad Dynasty_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 5 The Principal Source of Islam: The Qur'an_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 6 The Prophetic Hadith and Sunna and the Emergence of the Shari`a_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 7 The Problem of the Just Ruler and the First Divisions Within the Community_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 8 The `Abbasid Revolution and Beyond_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 9 Islamic Scholarship Under the `Abbasids: The Rise and Development of the Schools of Law_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 10 Islamic Scholarship Under the `Abbasids: Theological Debates and Schools of Thought_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 11 Twelver Shi`ism and Zaydism_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 12 Shi`ism as a Revolutionary Movement: The Isma`ilis_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 13 Ascetic and Mystical Movement in Islam: Sufism_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 14 Intellectual Struggles in Premodern Islam: Philosophy Versus Theology_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 15 Transmission and Conservation of Knowledge: `Ulama' , Madrasas, and Sufi Lodges_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 16 The Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam: Islamic Life Cycle_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 17 Islamic Art and Religious Architecture (Mosque)_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 18 Women in Islamic Societies_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 19 Islam and the West_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 20 Islam in the Gunpowder Empires: The World of Islam Faces Modernity and European Colonialism_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 21 Renewal and Reform in Islam: The Emergence of Islamic Modernism and Reformism_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 22 Islam as a Political Force and Vehicle of Opposition_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 23 Islam Reinterpreted: Major Trends in Islamic Thought Today_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ 24 The Ideology and Practice of Globalized Jihadism_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Bibliography _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Index_x000D_