In the Path of God - Islam and Political Power

Americans' awareness of Islam and Muslims rose to seemingly unprecedented heights in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, but this is not the first time they have dominated American public life

List of contents

1: Understanding Islam in Politics; I: The Premodern Legacy; 2: Islamic Sacred Law and Politics; 3: The Medieval Synthesis; 4: Relations with Non-Muslims; Conclusion: The Civilization of Islam; II: Encountering the West; 5: Western Armies and Civilization; 6: New Attitudes toward the Sacred Law; 7: Responses to Western Political Ideologies; 8: Muslim Anomie; Conclusion: Muslim Ambivalence; III: Islam in Current Affairs; 9: The Islamic Revival: A Survey of Countries; 10: The Great Oil Boom; Conclusion: The Revival and Future Choices

About the author

Daniel Pipes

Summary

Americans' awareness of Islam and Muslims rose to seemingly unprecedented heights in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, but this is not the first time they have dominated American public life

Product details

• Authors: Pipes, Daniel Pipes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138525962
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52596-2
• No. of pages: 373
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups