Memories of Muhammad - Why the Prophet Matters

Zusatztext "...Safi maintains that it is necessary to learn about the Prophet Muhammad in order to understand Islam and to engage in open and constructive dialogue." Informationen zum Autor Omid Safi, Ph.D., is professor of Islamic studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he specializes in Islamic mysticism (Sufism), contemporary Islamic thought, and medieval Islamic history. He is also the author of The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam and the editor of Progressive Muslims . Klappentext Who was Muhammad? What do we know historically, and does that differ from how he is seen by his followers and venerated today? Memories of Muhammad presents Muhammad as a lens through which to view both the genesis of Islamic religion and the grand sweep of Islamic history—right up to the hot button issues of the day, such as the spread of Islam, holy wars, the status of women, the significance of Jerusalem, and current tensions with Jews, Hindus and Christians. It also provides a rare glimpse into how Muslims spiritually connect to God through their Prophet, in the mosque, in the home, and even in cyberspace. This definitive biography of the founder of Islam by a leading Muslim-American scholar, Omid Safi, will reveal invaluable new insights, finally providing a fully three-dimensional portrait of Muhammad and the one billion people who follow him today. Zusammenfassung Who was Muhammad? What do we know historically! and does that differ from how he is seen by his followers and venerated today? Memories of Muhammad presents Muhammad as a lens through which to view both the genesis of Islamic religion and the grand sweep of Islamic history—right up to the hot button issues of the day! such as the spread of Islam! holy wars! the status of women! the significance of Jerusalem! and current tensions with Jews! Hindus and Christians. It also provides a rare glimpse into how Muslims spiritually connect to God through their Prophet! in the mosque! in the home! and even in cyberspace. This definitive biography of the founder of Islam by a leading Muslim-American scholar! Omid Safi! will reveal invaluable new insights! finally providing a fully three-dimensional portrait of Muhammad and the one billion people who follow him today. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Omid Safi, Safi Omid
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.11.2010
• EAN: 9780061231353
• ISBN: 978-0-06-123135-3
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; Islam, Biography: general, Philosophy, Memoirs, Religion: general, Theology, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Biography: religious and spiritual, Biography: historical, political and military, Agnosticism and atheism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, ISLAMIC STUDIES: RELIGION, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Religious, RELIGION: ATHEISM, RELIGION: ISLAM & THE MIDDLE EAST, HISTORY: Middle East / General, RELIGION: Islam / General, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: RELIGION, First Year Experience / Religion, Islamic Studies / Religion, Religion / Islam & the Middle East