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Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices : The Contemporary Period
ISBN: 9780415045285 | 0415045282
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 10/1/1993
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Looks at modern Muslim views on religious authority, including feminism's 'new' Islam and shows how these views affect the perception of the Qur'an and the figure of Muhammad in the traditional practice of Islam.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| Transliteration and Other Technical Considerations | p. xii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Contemporary World and the Phenomenon of Modernity | p. 9 |
| Describing the Contemporary World | p. 11 |
| Muslims and Modernity | p. 25 |
| Islam's Encounter with the Contemporary World | p. 27 |
| Muhammad: His Life and His Authority | ... MORE |
| Muhammad and His Biographers | p. 47 |
| The Authority of the Past | p. 65 |
| The Qur'an: Interpretation and Its Limits | p. 83 |
| Trends in Interpretation | p. 85 |
| Types of Critical Approaches | p. 98 |
| Ramifications of Modernity in Muslim Daily Life | p. 113 |
| Feminism's 'new Islam' | p. 115 |
| The Practice of Islam | p. 127 |
| Glossary | p. 146 |
| Notes | p. 151 |
| Further Reading | p. 166 |
| Index | p. 169 |
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