A New Introduction to Islam (eBook)

Daniel W. Brown (Autor)

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2017 | 3. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118953488 (ISBN)

Infos

Covering the origins, key features, and legacy of the Islamic tradition, the third edition of A New Introduction to Islam includes new material on Islam in the 21st century and discussions of the impact of historical ideas, literature, and movements on contemporary trends.

• Includes updated and rewritten chapters on the Qur'an and hadith literature that covers important new academic research
• Compares the practice of Islam in different Islamic countries, as well as acknowledging the differences within Islam as practiced in Europe
• Features study questions for each chapter and more illustrative material, charts, and excerpts from primary sources

Daniel Brown is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Religion in the Middle East (ISRME) and the author of Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought (1999). His interests include modern Muslim intellectual history, Hadith studies, and Muslim-Christian relations. He is the editor of the forthcoming Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Hadith.

Inhalt

A New Introduction to Islam 3
Contents 7
Illustrations 13
Figures 13
Maps 14
Preface to the Third Edition 17
Source Acknowledgments 19
PART ONE The Formation of the Islamic Tradition 21
1 Islam in Global Perspective 23
The Problem of Defining Islam 23
Mapping the Islamic World 25
Arabs and Non-Arabs 29
Sunnis and Shiites 30
Islamic Ritual 31
What to Expect from This Book 34
Essential Resources for the Study of Islam 36
Questions for Study and Discussion 37
2 Arabia 39
Geography 39
Pre-Islamic Poetry 41
Arab Religion 45
Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia 47
Mecca and the Quraysh 48
The Gifts of the Arabs 51
Resources for Further Study 54
Questions for Study and Discussion 55
3 The Pre-Islamic Near East 57
Christianity in the Near East 59
Saints and Relics 65
Zoroastrianism 66
Judaism 67
Manichaeism 69
Mazdak 69
The Place of the Arabs in the Near East 70
Chronology of the Near East of Late Antiquity 72
Resources for Further Study 73
Questions for Study and Discussion 74
4 The Life of Muhammad 75
Prologue and Setting 76
Birth and Childhood 77
Early Adulthood 79
The Beginning of Revelation 81
Opposition 83
The Night Journey and Ascent to Heaven 85
The Hijra 86
The Battle of Badr 88
Confrontation with the Jews of Medina 89
The Battle of Uud 90
The Peace of al-udaybiya and the Farewell Pilgrimage 92
Evaluation 93
Resources for Further Study 94
Questions for Study and Discussion 95
5 The Quran 97
The Quran in Modern Imagination 97
The History of the Text 99
The Language of the Quran 104
The Context of the Quran 107
Jesus in the Quran 108
The Quran in Muslim Piety 110
The Eternity of the Quran 111
The Inimitability of the Quran 113
Interpreting the Quran 114
Central Themes 115
Quranic Narratives 116
Quranic Law and the Problem of Abrogation 117
Women and Gender in the Quran 118
Quran, Sra, and Hadith 119
Resources for Further Study 119
Questions for Study and Discussion 120
6 The Tradition Literature 123
The Science of Hadith 124
The Origins of the Hadith 128
In Quest of the Historical Muhammad 131
The Sra and the Shaping of an Islamic Worldview 135
Resources for Further Study 139
Questions for Study and Discussion 140
PART TWO The Expansion of Islam 141
7 The Conquests 143
Psychological Impact 147
Archeological Data: The “Invisible” Conquests 149
Resources for Further Study 151
Questions for Study and Discussion 152
8 Religion of Empire 153
Early Arab Administration 154
Conversion to Islam 157
Leadership 158
The First Civil War 159
The Martyrdom of usayn 160
The Deputy of God 161
Personal Piety 162
The Dome of the Rock 164
The Constitution of Medina 169
Resources for Further Study 171
Questions for Study and Discussion 171
9 The Caliphate 173
Ibn al-Muqaffa 173
The Shiite Vision 176
The Abbasids 178
Twelvers 179
Ismals 180
Nizar “Assassins” 181
Kharijites 183
The Sasanian Revival 184
Al-Maward and the Sunni Compromise 186
Resources for Further Study 189
Questions for Study and Discussion 190
PART THREE Islamic Institutions 191
10 Islamic Law 193
The Coffee Debate 193
Revelation and Reason 195
Qiyas 196
The Schools of Law 197
Islamic Law and the State 199
Ijma 200
The Uul al-Fiqh 201
The Substance of the Law 203
Ritual Purity 204
Acts of Worship 205
Marriage and Divorce 206
The Origins of Islamic Law 209
Al-Shafi and Islamic Legal Theory 209
Resources for Further Study 212
Questions for Study and Discussion 213
11 Islamic Theology and Philosophy 215
Freedom and Determinism 216
Gods Attributes 218
Anthropomorphism 220
Faith and Works 220
Leadership 223
The Sunni Consensus 223
Amad ibn anbal 224
Al-Ashar 225
Kalam 226
Al-Maturd and other Alternatives to Asharite Kalam 228
Jewish and Christian Influences 229
The Challenge of Philosophy 230
Prophecy and Revelation in Islamic Philosophy 232
Philosophy and Mysticism 235
Resources for Further Study 236
Questions for Study and Discussion 237
12 Sufism 239
The Parliament of Birds 239
Stages on the Path 241
The Spiritual Master 243
Sufi Brotherhoods 244
Sufi Ritual 246
The Destination 249
Sufi Cosmology 250
Sufism in History: The Case of al-allaj 253
Beginnings to the Tenth Century 257
Classical Manuals and the Growth of arqas 259
Resources for Further Study 261
Questions for Study and Discussion 262
PART FOUR Crisis and Renewal in Islamic History 263
13 Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols 265
The Saljuqs 265
Al-Ghazal and the Sunni Revival 266
Slave Soldiers 268
The Crusades 270
The Mongols 274
The Impact of the Mongol Invasions 277
Resources for Further Study 281
Questions for Study and Discussion 282
14 Revival and Reform 283
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires 283
The Rise of European Power 286
The Religious Environment 287
The Ulama 287
Sufi Reformers 289
The Wahhabi Movement 294
Resources for Further Study 297
Questions for Study and Discussion 298
15 Islam and The West 299
Napoleons Invasion of Egypt 299
The Birth of Orientalism 302
Jihad Movements 304
Al-Afghan 305
Sayyid Ahmad Khan and Aligarh 307
Resources for Further Study 309
Questions for Study and Discussion 309
16 The Turbulent Twentieth Century 311
The Abolition of the Caliphate 311
Nationalism 313
Secularism 315
Rashd Ria and al-Manar 318
The Muslim Brotherhood 319
Jihad and Martyrdom 320
From Sharia to Secular Law and Back 322
Modern Quran Interpretation 324
The Problem of Sunna 325
Ijtihad and Ijma 326
A New Kalam? 327
Muhammad Abduh 327
Muhammad Iqbal 329
Sufism and Modernity 331
The Modernist Moment 334
Resources for Further Study 335
Questions for Study and Discussion 335
17 Salafism 337
Café Salafis 337
Salafi Doctrine 339
The Ibn Taymiyya Connection 340
The Albanian Watchmakers Son 342
Salafi Apocalypse 344
Salafi Spring? 349
The Appeal of Salafism 351
Salafis and Sufis 352
Resources for Further Study 354
Questions for Study and Discussion 354
18 Islam in the Twenty-First Century 355
The Challenge of Pluralism 356
Islamic Liberalism 360
Islam in the West 362
Islamic Feminism 366
The Challenge of Islam 370
Questions for Study and Discussion 371
Glossary 373
Bibliography 387
Index 411
EULA 432

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Schlagworte: arab spring • Geschichte • Geschichte des Islams • History • history of islam • Islam • Islamic • Islamic State • Koran • Middle Eastern Studies • Mohammed • Muhammad • Muslim • Quran • Religion & Theology • Religion u. Theologie • Religious Studies • World Religion
• ISBN-13: 9781118953488 / 9781118953488