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Introduction to Islam, An

ISBN: 9780023285196 | 0023285192
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/1994

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SummaryTable of Contents
Frederick M. Denny's extensive fieldwork, experience, and scholarship, combined with his engaging writing style and passion for the subject, sets An Introduction to Islam, Third Edition apart. This text provides students with a thorough and unified topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. It places Islam within a cultural, historical, political, social, and religious context and examines its connections with Jewish and Christian teachings and practices. The text's integration of the doctrinal and devotional elements of Islam enables students to see how Muslims think and live engendering understanding and breaking down stereotypes. An Introduction to Islam also reviews pre-Islamic Near Eastern religious history so students can see how Islam developed within an extended family of similar traditions. The third edition has a brand new chapter, "Whither Islam and the Muslims? Progressive Muslims with a Vision of an 'Islam without Borders'." This chapter focuses on Islam and Muslims in the post-9/11 world. Book jacket.
Part One Religion and Common Life in the Pre-Islamic Near East
Early Civilizations: Egypt and Mesopotamia
3(13)
Egypt the Land
3(4)
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Mesopotamia the Land
7(4)
Religious Rites
11(1)
Religion and Life in the Ancient Near East
12(4)
The Jews: Covenant and Community with a God of History
16(14)
The Origins of Judaism
16(1)
Abraham
17(3)
Moses
20(1)
Later Religious Development
21(3)
The Prophets
24(3)
The Maturing Judaism
27(3)
Christianity: Salvation As a Universal Mission
30(13)
Common Themes in Ancient Near Eastern Religions
30(2)
Awaiting God's Messiah
32(1)
Jesus of Nazareth
33(2)
Paul
35(1)
Christianity
36(2)
Christianity and Judaism
38(5)
Pre-Islamic Arabia: Beliefs, Values, Way of Life
43(16)
Pre-Islamic Arabia
43(2)
Social Structure and Economy
45(5)
Poetry
50(2)
Pre-Islamic Religion
52(7)
Part Two The Coming of Islam: The Prophet, His People, and God's Religion
Muhammad and the Early Muslim Community
59(24)
Before Muhammad
59(1)
Muhammad the Person
60(3)
Muhammad the Prophet
63(1)
The Qur'an
64(2)
The First Muslims
66(1)
The Development of Islam
67(3)
The Qur'an's Divine Message
70(2)
The Hijra
72(6)
Muhammad's Later Life
78(2)
Muhammad's Personal Life
80(3)
The Arab Conquests and Islamic Rule: The Struggle for a Unified Umma
83(24)
Muhammad's Heirs
83(1)
The Muslims' Foreign Conquests
84(2)
Early Muslim Governments and the Spread of the Umma
86(6)
Two Approaches to Politics and Rule
92(1)
The Spread of the Islamic Empire
93(3)
The Abbasids
96(3)
Other Muslim Peoples
99(4)
Islam's Achievements
103(4)
Part Three The Islamic Religious System
The Basic Beliefs and Worship Practices of Islam
107(31)
The Five Doctrines of Islamic Faith
107(6)
The Five Acts of Worship
113(1)
Purification
113(2)
Ritual Impurity
115(3)
The Pillars of Islam
118(20)
The Nature and Function of the Qur'an
138(20)
Language, Format, and Chronology
138(4)
Recitation and Ritual Observances
142(6)
Contents and Nature of the Qur'an
148(2)
Interpretation of the Qur'an
150(5)
The ``Inimitability'' of the Qur'an
155(3)
The Prophet's Sunna as Preserved in the Hadith
158(14)
Muhammad and Scripture
158(2)
The Form of the Hadith
160(4)
Major Collections of Hadith
164(3)
The Prophet's and His Companions' Sunnas
167(1)
Muhammad As an Ideal Human
168(4)
Muslim Creeds and Theologies: Their Purposes and Varieties
172(23)
Theology
172(2)
Islamic Theology
174(1)
Theological Issues
175(3)
The Place of Reason
178(1)
The Mu'tazilite Rationalists
179(2)
Mu'tazilite Thought
181(6)
Three Muslim Creeds
187(4)
Orthodox Kalam and the Challenge of Philosophy
191(4)
Law and the State in Classical Islamic Formulations
195(24)
Islam As a Way of Life
195(1)
The Shari'a and Fiqh
195(1)
The Qur'an and the Law
196(3)
The Legal Scholars
199(1)
Schools of Law
200(1)
The Five Principles
201(1)
Sunni Law Schools
202(2)
Shi'i Law Schools
204(2)
Islamic Political Institutions: Forms, Functions, and Theories
206(13)
Part Four The Sufi Way of Mysticism and Fellowship
Islamic Mysticism and the Disciplines of Esoteric Piety
219(26)
Sufism
219(6)
Asceticism in Early Islamic Contexts
225(3)
Sufi Symbolism
228(3)
Sufism As an Esoteric Discipline: The Tariqa or Way
231(1)
Al-Junayd and Sober Sufism
232(3)
Antinomian Sufism
235(1)
Intoxicated Sufism: Al-Hallaj
236(2)
States and Stations
238(2)
Al-Ghazali and the Reconciliation of Shari'a and Tariqa
240(5)
Masters and Disciples: The Forms and Functions of Sufi Orders
245(24)
The Rise of Sufi Orders
245(1)
Shaykhs and Faqirs: The Master--Disciple Relationship
245(2)
The Qadiri Order: Islam's Major International Sufi Brotherhood
247(2)
Other Classic Sufi Orders
249(4)
Jalal al-Din al-Rumi and the Mawlawis
253(2)
Rumi's Poetry
255(3)
The Silsila or Spiritual Lineage
258(1)
Dhikr and Sama': Remembrance and the Spiritual Concert
259(3)
Sufi Theosophy: The Thought of Ibn `Arabi
262(7)
Part Five Patterns of Islamic Personal and Communal Life
The Islamic Life Cycle and the Family
269(25)
Islamic Domestic Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs
269(1)
Rites of Infancy and Childhood
269(4)
Marriage (Nikah)
273(5)
Divorce (Talaq)
278(2)
Inheritance
280(1)
Property
280(1)
Interest
281(1)
Family Life
281(2)
Food and Eating Habits
283(2)
Clothing, Ornamentation, and Toilet
285(2)
Death Rituals
287(3)
Mourning Customs
290(4)
Ideals and Realities of Islamic Community Life
294(27)
The Closeness of the Community
294(1)
The Mosque
294(4)
The Marketplace
298(1)
Public Behavior
299(3)
Recreation
302(3)
Official Islam
305(1)
Popular Islam
306(1)
The Veneration of Saints
306(7)
Distinctive Shi'i Ritual Practices
313(8)
Part Six Islam in the Modern World
Major Movements and Trends in Renewal and Reform
321(24)
The Three Phases of Islamic History
321(3)
The Wahhabis
324(3)
Other Reform Movements
327(2)
Some Modernist Thinkers
329(5)
Islam and Nationalism
334(11)
Three Forms of Islamic Revival: ``Fundamentalism,'' Feminism, and Establishing the Umma in North America
345(22)
Fundamentalism
345(6)
Islam and the Status of Women
351(4)
Islam and Muslims in North America
355(12)
Suggestions for Further Reading367(20)
Glossary387(10)
Index397

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