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Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 436 pages)

Edition: Reprint 2015

ISBN: 1-282-19526-3 , 9786612195266 , 3-11-020094-5

Series Statement: Religion and reason ; 40

Content: This book presents some twenty essays on different aspects of Islam in history and the present. These essays are grouped into eight larger sections. The first, "The Beginnings", deals with the transition from pre-Islamic understandings and reason, an essential part of the Quranic message. The next two sections deal with Islam specifically as a religion with its particular signs and symbols. The question of rules of interpretation in Islam and its structural features is discussed here. Sections four and five deal with ethics in Islam, including Muslim identity and human rights, and certain social functions of Islam. Section six introduces some 19th and 20th century reform movements, with special attention given to developments in Saudi Arabia and the "puritan" characteristics of present-day Islamic revival movements. The final two sections discuss contemporary issues: Islamization processes and policies, Islamic ideologies, the ideologization of Islam, and the political uses of religion. Throughout the book the author shows the links between the religious and other interpretations and uses made of Islam and the contexts in which they are made. The Introduction signals some important developments in Islamic studies since World War II.

Note: Front matter -- , Preface -- , Content -- , Introduction and a Form of Acknowledgments -- , Section 1: The Beginnings -- , Chapter 1. Changes in Belief and the Rise of Islam -- , Chapter 2. Faith and Reason in the Argumentation of the Qur'ān -- , Section 2: Islam as a Religion -- , Chapter 3. Islamic Attitudes to Signs -- , Chapter 4. Islam Studied in the Perspective of Science of Religion -- , Section 3: Structures and Interpretations of Islam -- , Chapter 5. Official, Popular, and Normative Religion in Islam -- , Chapter 6. Are there Hermeneutic Principles in Islam? -- , Section 4: Muslim Presentations of Islam and of Human Rights -- , Chapter 7. Some North African Intellectuals' Presentations of Islam -- , Chapter 8. Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Islam -- , Section 5: Social Reality and Islam -- , Chapter 9. Islamic Religious Tradition and Social Development -- , Chapter 10. Islam's Function as a Civil Religion -- , Section 6: The Case of Arabia -- , Chapter 11. The Wahhābās in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Arabia -- , Chapter 12. Saudi Arabia: The King and the Consul -- , Section 7: Islamic Reform and Intellectual Reflection -- , Chapter 13. Tsarist Russia and the Dutch East Indies -- , Chapter 14. Puritan Patterns in Islamic Revival Movements -- , Section 8: Islamic Ideology -- , Chapter 15. The Call (Da'wa) of Islamic Movements -- , Chapter 16. Ideologization in Present-Day Islam: An Exploration -- , Section 9: The International Scene and Islam -- , Chapter 17. The Rise of Islamic States -- , Chapter 18. Islam as a Vehicle of Protest -- , Chapter 19. Islam in Present-Day Muslim States -- , Further Readings -- , 1. Index of Arabic and Persian Terms -- , 2. Index of Persons -- , 3. Geographical Names -- , 4. Index of Subjects -- , 5. Index of Concepts , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-11-017178-3

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

DOI: 10.1515/9783110200942