Islam - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Catharina Raudvere is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.Assessing Islam as a truly global phenomenon, this title explains the significance of the revelation of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of the different Sunni and Shi'a groups within Islam, giving comprehensive coverage to Muslim ritual life and Islamic ethics. Zusammenfassung Assessing Islam as a truly global phenomenon, this title explains the significance of the revelation of the Prophet Muhammad and the origins of the different Sunni and Shi'a groups within Islam, giving comprehensive coverage to Muslim ritual life and Islamic ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps and FiguresChapter 1: The Muslim World: Past and PresentChapter 2: The Early History of Islam and Muhammad as a Historical PersonChapter 3: The Canonical Texts of Islam: Historical Documents and Personal PietyChapter 4: Sharia: The Law of Allah and Human Free WillChapter 5; The Festivals of the Muslim Year and Lifecycle Rituals: Community and CelebrationChapter 6: Between Canonical Obligations and Devotional Practices: Everyday ReligiosityChapter 7: Shi'i Islam: Religious Authority and Religious MartyrdomChapter 8: Muslim Ethics: Ideals, Responsibilities and the Challenges of Modern LifeChapter 9: Political Islam: Visions and NightmaresEpilogueNotesSources and ReferencesIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Catharina Raudvere, Catharina Raudvere, Raudvere Catharina
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.11.2014
• EAN: 9781848850835
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-083-5
• Seiten: 272
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 218 mm x 26 mm
• Serien: I.B. Tauris Introductions to Religion; I.B. Tauris Introductions to R; I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion; I.B. Tauris Introductions to R; I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion; I.B.Tauris Introductions to Re
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General