An Introduction to IslamAn Introduction to Islam is a wide-ranging account of the history and theology of one of the world's most dynamic religions. For this revised and updated Second Edition, David Waines has added a long section tackling head-on the issues arising from Islam's place in the changing world order at the turn of the new millennium. Coming at the end of a book which has explored the ideas and traditions of Islam in depth, this new section offers thought-provoking reflections on the place of religion in the current conflicts. |
Contents
There is no god but Allah | 7 |
Tradition in the making | 33 |
Islamic teaching and practice | 61 |
Divine will and the law | 63 |
Theology faith justice and last things | 103 |
The way of the Sufi | 133 |
The way of the Imams | 155 |
Islam in the modern world | 173 |
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Abduh accepted Afghan Afghanistan al-Andalus al-Ash'ari al-Ghazali al-Hasan al-Husayn al-Tahtawi Ali's Arabia Arabic authority Baghdad believers bid'ah brotherhood Caliph Cambridge century Christian claim community's Companions contemporary culture death dhimmi divine divorce doctrine Egypt Europe example expressed faith fatwa groups hadith Hindu Hizbullah Ibid Ibn Battutah Ibn Ishaq ijtihad Imam India Iran Iraq Islamic law Islamist Israeli Jewish Jews jihad jurists Kharijites knowledge later leaders London major means Mecca Medina Messenger modern moral Moreover mosque movement Mu'tazilites Muhammad mujtahids Muslim Muslim community nature Ottoman Oxford pagan Pakistan Palestine Palestinian period Persian person pilgrimage political practice prayer Prophet qadi qiyas Qur'an radical reform religion religious revelation ritual rule rulers Safavid Sayyid Ahmad scholars schools scripture secular sense Shah shari'ah Shi'ah social sources spiritual Sufi Sufism sunnah Sunni theologians theology tradition ulama ummah University Press verse Western worship