A New Introduction to Islam (eBook)

Daniel W. Brown (Autor)

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2017 | 3. Auflage
432 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-95347-1 (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

Autor

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.2.2017
• 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: Geschichte • Geschichte des Islams • History • history of islam • Islam • Religion & Theology • Religion u. Theologie
• ISBN-10: 1-118-95347-9 / 1118953479
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-95347-1 / 9781118953471