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Author : John Alden Williams
Release : 1971
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Book Synopsis Themes of Islamic Civilization by : John Alden Williams
Download or read book Themes of Islamic Civilization written by John Alden Williams. This book was released on 1971. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Alden Williams
Release : 1982
Genre : Islam
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Book Synopsis Themes of Islamic Civilization by : John Alden Williams
Download or read book Themes of Islamic Civilization written by John Alden Williams. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fazlur Rahman
Release : 2009-06-15
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Major Themes of the Qur'an by : Fazlur Rahman
Download or read book Major Themes of the Qur'an written by Fazlur Rahman. This book was released on 2009-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this introduction to the Qur'an, Fazlur Rahman unravels its complexities on themes such as God, society, revelation, and prophecy.
Author : Jonathan Porter Berkey
Release : 2003
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Formation of Islam by : Jonathan Porter Berkey
Download or read book The Formation of Islam written by Jonathan Porter Berkey. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Berkey's 2003 book surveys the religious history of the peoples of the Near East from roughly 600 to 1800 CE. The opening chapter examines the religious scene in the Near East in late antiquity, and the religious traditions which preceded Islam. Subsequent chapters investigate Islam's first century and the beginnings of its own traditions, the 'classical' period from the accession of the Abbasids to the rise of the Buyid amirs, and thereafter the emergence of new forms of Islam in the middle period. Throughout, close attention is paid to the experiences of Jews and Christians, as well as Muslims. The book stresses that Islam did not appear all at once, but emerged slowly, as part of a prolonged process whereby it was differentiated from other religious traditions and, indeed, that much that we take as characteristic of Islam is in fact the product of the medieval period.
Author : Chase F. Robinson
Release : 2017-04-03
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives by : Chase F. Robinson
Download or read book Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives written by Chase F. Robinson. This book was released on 2017-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious thinkers, political leaders, lawmakers, writers, and philosophers have shaped the 1,400-year-long development of the world's second-largest religion. But who were these people? What do we know of their lives and the ways in which they influenced their societies? In Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives, the distinguished historian of Islam Chase F. Robinson draws on the long tradition in Muslim scholarship of commemorating in writing the biographies of notable figures, but he weaves these ambitious lives together to create a rich narrative of Islamic civilization, from the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century to the era of the world conquerer Timur and the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in the fifteenth. Beginning in Islam’s heartland, Mecca, and ranging from North Africa and Iberia in the west to Central and East Asia, Robinson not only traces the rise and fall of Islamic states through the biographies of political and military leaders who worked to secure peace or expand their power, but also discusses those who developed Islamic law, scientific thought, and literature. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of rich and diverse Islamic societies. Alongside the famous characters who colored this landscape—including Muhammad’s cousin ’Ali; the Crusader-era hero Saladin; and the poet Rumi—are less well-known figures, such as Ibn Fadlan, whose travels in Eurasia brought fascinating first-hand accounts of the Volga Vikings to the Abbasid Caliph; the eleventh-century Karima al-Marwaziyya, a woman scholar of Prophetic traditions; and Abu al-Qasim Ramisht, a twelfth-century merchant millionaire. An illuminating read for anyone interested in learning more about this often-misunderstood civilization, this book creates a vivid picture of life in all arenas of the pre-modern Muslim world.
