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The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies (Hardcover, Digital original): Elias Muhanna The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies (Hardcover, Digital original)
Elias Muhanna
R3,636 Discovery Miles 36 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Over the past few decades, humanistic inquiry has been problematized and invigorated by the emergence of what is referred to as the digital humanities. Across multiple disciplines, from history to literature, religious studies to philosophy, archaeology to music, scholars are tapping the extraordinary power of digital technologies to preserve, curate, analyze, visualize, and reconstruct their research objects. The study of the Middle East and the broader Islamic world has been no less impacted by this new paradigm. Scholars are making daily use of digital tools and repositories including private and state-sponsored archives of textual sources, digitized manuscript collections, densitometrical imaging, visualization and modeling software, and various forms of data mining and analysis. This collection of essays explores the state of the art in digital scholarship pertaining to Islamic & Middle Eastern studies, addressing areas such as digitization, visualization, text mining, databases, mapping, and e-publication. It is of relevance to any researcher interested in the opportunities and challenges engendered by this changing scholarly ecosystem.

The Well at the Desert's Heart - Verses of Healing (Hardcover): Tony Bowland The Well at the Desert's Heart - Verses of Healing (Hardcover)
Tony Bowland
R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY - Changes and Challenges in 20th Century Indonesian Islam (Hardcover): VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY - Changes and Challenges in 20th Century Indonesian Islam (Hardcover)
R1,284 R1,062 Discovery Miles 10 620 Save R222 (17%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The twentieth century was a fascinating period of profound political, social and economic changes in Indonesia. These changes contributed to the diversification of the religious landscape and as a result, religious authority was redistributed over an increasing number of actors. Although many Muslims in Indonesia continued to regard the ulama, the traditional religious scholars, as the principle source of religious guidance, religious authority has become more diffused and differentiated over time. The present book consists of contributions which all deal with the multi-facetted and multidimensional topic of religious authority and aim to complement each other. Most papers deal with Indonesia, but two dealing with other countries have been included in order to add a comparative dimension. Amongst the topics dealt with are the different and changing roles of the ulama, the rise and role of Muslim organizations, developments within Islamic education, like the madrasa, and the spread of Salafi ideas in contemporary Indonesia.

Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World (Hardcover): Reza Tabandeh, Leonard Lewisohn Sufis and Their Opponents in the Persianate World (Hardcover)
Reza Tabandeh, Leonard Lewisohn
R1,283 Discovery Miles 12 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
In Search of the Original Koran - The True History of the Revealed Text (Hardcover): Mondher Sfar In Search of the Original Koran - The True History of the Revealed Text (Hardcover)
Mondher Sfar; Translated by Emilia Lanier
R635 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R125 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Orthodox Muslims venerate the Koran as the sacred word of God, which they believe was literally revealed by dictation from the angel Gabriel to the prophet Muhammad. This fundamentalist attitude toward the Muslim holy book denies the possibility of error in the Koran -- even though there are some fairly obvious self-contradictions, inconsistencies, and incoherent passages in the text. To justify the claim that the Koran is inerrant, the orthodox have simply pointed to centuries of hidebound tradition and the consensus view of conservative leaders who back up this interpretation. But does the very beginning of the Muslim tradition lend support to the orthodox view?
In this fascinating study of the origins of Islam, historian Mondher Sfar reveals that there is no historical, or even theological, basis for the orthodox view that Muhammad or his earliest followers intended the Koran to be treated as the inviolable word of God. With great erudition and painstaking historical research, Sfar demonstrates that the Koran itself does not support the literalist claims of Muslim orthodoxy. Indeed, as he carefully points out, passages from Islam's sacred book clearly indicate that the revealed text should not be equated with the perfect text of the original "celestial Koran," which was believed to exist only in heaven and to be fully known only by God.
This early belief helps to explain why there were many variant texts of the Koran during Muhammad's lifetime and immediately thereafter, and also why this lack of consistency and the occasional revisions of earlier revelations seemed not to disturb his first disciples. They viewed the Koran as only an imperfect copy of the real heavenly original, a copy subject to the happenstances of Muhammad's life and to the human risks of its transmission. Only later, for reasons of social order and political power, did the first caliphs establish an orthodox policy, which turned Muhammad's revelations into the inerrant word of God, from which no deviation or dissent was permissible.
This original historical exploration into the origins of Islam is also an important contribution to the growing movement for reform of Islam initiated by courageous Muslim thinkers convinced of the necessity of bringing Islam into the modern world.

Which Koran? - Variants, Manuscripts, Linguistics (Hardcover, New): Ibn Warraq Which Koran? - Variants, Manuscripts, Linguistics (Hardcover, New)
Ibn Warraq
R1,046 R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Save R288 (28%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For many millions of Muslims there is one and only one true Koran that offers the word of Allah to the faithful. Few Muslims realize, however, that there are several Korans in circulation in the Islamic world, with textual variations whose significance, extent, and meaning have never been properly examined. The author of Virgins? What Virgins? and Why I Am Not a Muslim has here assembled important scholarly articles that address the history, linguistics, and religious implications of these significant variants in Islam's sacred book, which call into question the claim of its status as the divinely revealed and inerrant word of the Muslim god. This work includes valuable charts that list the many textual variants found in Korans available in the Islamic world, along with remarks on their significance.

Writing Muslim Identity (Hardcover): Geoffrey Nash Writing Muslim Identity (Hardcover)
Geoffrey Nash
R4,948 Discovery Miles 49 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Examining a wide range of genres, including novels, memoirs, travel writing and journalism, this book explores representations of Muslims and Islam in modern English literature. The relationship between Islam and the West is one of the most urgent and hotly debated issues of our time. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive overview of the way in which Muslims are represented within modern English writing, ranging from the novel, through memoir and travel writing to journalism. Covering a wide range of texts and authors, it scrutinises the identity 'Muslim' by looking at its inscription in recent and contemporary literary writing within the context of significant events like the Rushdie Affair, the Gulf War and 9/11. Examining the wide range of writing internationally that takes Islam or Islamic cultures as its focus, the authors discuss the representation of Muslim identity in writing by non-Muslim writers, former Muslim 'native informants', and practising Muslims.

Bridges to Islam (Paperback): Parshall Bridges to Islam (Paperback)
Parshall
R664 R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Save R56 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the acclaimed book Muslim Evangelism, Phil Parshall devotes one chapter to "bridges" which can assist in facilitating understanding between Islam and Christianity. In Bridges to Islam he expands that key chapter into a book. The most promising bridges can be found not in orthodox Islam, contends the author, but in "folk Islam," which is less well known in the West but which influences about 70 percent of the world's Muslims. "Popular Islam consists largely of people who desire to know God and to be accepted by him," writes the author. "They have a high view of one God who is . . . all-powerful and merciful." The mystical Sufis press for a more satisfying personal relationship with Allah. These teachings and aspirations, argues the author, have immense potential as bridges, which he has personally witnessed spending many years ministering among Muslims. This thorough and in depth study of ways to bridge folk Islam will be invaluable to missionaries, students, and those interested in reaching Muslims for Christ.

Journeys of the Muslim Nation and the Christian Church - Exploring the Mission of the Two Communities (Paperback): David W.... Journeys of the Muslim Nation and the Christian Church - Exploring the Mission of the Two Communities (Paperback)
David W. Shenk
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This invaluable resource from David W. Shenk, an export in comparative religious studies, examines Islam and Christianity at their deepest spiritual, cultural, and communal levels. Shenk explores the similarities and differences found in Isaac and Ishmael, Jesus and Muhammad, the Bible and the Qur'an, Jerusalem and Medina, the Eucharist and the Hajj, and the Church and Ummah.

Medieval Islamic Medicine and Medical Luminaries (Hardcover): Adel K Afifi Md Ms, Ronald a Bergman Phd Medieval Islamic Medicine and Medical Luminaries (Hardcover)
Adel K Afifi Md Ms, Ronald a Bergman Phd
R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Islam, Modernity, Violence, and Everyday Life (Hardcover): A. Ahmad Islam, Modernity, Violence, and Everyday Life (Hardcover)
A. Ahmad
R1,400 Discovery Miles 14 000 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book questions the logic and basis of the comparisons between "Islamic" and "Western" values and cultures in today's public discourse in the West. The book calls attention to inadequacies in discussions about Islam and modernity, violence in Islamic law and history, and the common image of everyday life in Muslim societies. The book specifically addresses the question of the autonomy of the individual and implicit and explicit rights under Islamic law, the questions of the laws of war and the laws of apostasy in Islam, and the right to privacy.

Images of Jesus Christ in Islam - 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Oddbjorn Leirvik Images of Jesus Christ in Islam - 2nd Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Oddbjorn Leirvik
R4,961 Discovery Miles 49 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This title offers comprehensive and contemporary exploration of the role of Jesus in both Islam and Christianity and issues of dialogue in Christian-Muslim relations. "Images of Jesus Christ in Islam 2nd Edition" provides a general introduction to the question of Jesus Christ in Islam and a dialogical discussion of this issues' importance for Christian-Muslim relations. Its originality lies in its comprehensive presentation of relevant sources and research and its discussion of Islamic images of Christ in the wider context of Muslim-Christian relations. Oddbjorn Leirvik provides a comprehensive introduction to a breadth of Muslim traditions through an examination of interpretations of Jesus throughout history, whilst also examining historic tensions between Islam and Christianity. This book's distinctive contribution lies in its dialogical perspective in the perennial area of interest of Islam and Christian-Muslim relations.

The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam - Beliefs and Practices (Hardcover, New): Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam - Beliefs and Practices (Hardcover, New)
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
R1,604 Discovery Miles 16 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The second largest branch of Islam, with between 130 and 190 million adherents across the globe, Shi'i Islam is becoming an increasingly significant force in contemporary politics, especially in the Middle East. This makes an informed understanding of its fundamental spiritual beliefs and practices both necessary and timely. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi is one of the most distinguished scholars of Shi'i history and theology, and in this volume he offers a wide-ranging and engaging survey of the core texts of Shi'i Islam. Examining in turn the origins and later developments of Shi'i spirituality, the author reveals the profoundly esoteric nature of the beliefs which accrued to the figures of the early Imams, and which became associated with their interaction between the material and spiritual worlds. Many of these beliefs have remained much misunderstood even within the wider Muslim world. Furthermore, Western scholarship has tended to follow the lead of the earlier orientalists and critics, viewing Shi'i teachings as marginal. In this study the author shows, by contrast, how central and creative the very nature of spirituality was to the development of Shi'i Islam, as well as to classical Muslim civilisation as a whole. In this comprehensive treatment, the esoteric nature of Shi'i spirituality emerges as an essential phenomenon for understanding Shi'i Islam.

Defence Against Disaster - in Accurately Determining the Positions of the Companions after the Death of the Prophet (Hardcover,... Defence Against Disaster - in Accurately Determining the Positions of the Companions after the Death of the Prophet (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Abu Bakr Ibn Al-'arabi; Commentary by Muhibb Ad-Din Al-Khatib; Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley
R958 Discovery Miles 9 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions, and Social Analysis (Hardcover): Darla... Disability in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - Sacred Texts, Historical Traditions, and Social Analysis (Hardcover)
Darla Schumm, Michael J. Stoltzfus
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This edited collection of essays critically examines how diverse religions of the world represent, understand, theologize, theorize and respond to disability and/or chronic illness. Contributors employ a wide variety of methodological approaches including ethnography, historical, cultural, or textual analysis, personal narrative, and theological/philosophical investigation.

Diversity and Unity in Islamic Civilization - A Religious, Political, Cultural, and Historical Analysis (Hardcover): Mirza... Diversity and Unity in Islamic Civilization - A Religious, Political, Cultural, and Historical Analysis (Hardcover)
Mirza Iqbal Ashraf
R571 R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Philosophical Perspectives on Modern Qur'anic Exegesis - Key Paradigms and Concepts (Hardcover): Massimo Campanini Philosophical Perspectives on Modern Qur'anic Exegesis - Key Paradigms and Concepts (Hardcover)
Massimo Campanini
R2,562 Discovery Miles 25 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the possibility of a hermeneutics of the Qur'an. It starts from the presupposition that the Qur'an can be studied as a philosophical book. Thus the analysis is theoretical more than historical. Many philosophers commented the Qur'an and many supported their theories by resorting to the Qur'an. Thinkers like Fakhr al-Din al-Razi connected traditional theology and philosophy in their Qur'anic commentary. Others like Nasr Abu Zayd used philosophy to deconstruct the Qur'an paving the way for a modern humanistic hermeneutics. This book tries to go a step further: it aims to offer a path within the Qur'an that - through philosophy - leads to a fresh understanding of fundamental tenets of Islamic thought, most importantly tawhid - God's oneness - and to a fresh reading of the Qur'anic text. This book applies the phenomenological and ontological hermeneutics of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger to the study of the Qur'an going far beyond Annemarie Schimmel's phenomenological approach that is neither philosophical nor properly phenomenological (in Husserl's sense).

A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine (Paperback): Ibn Daud A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine (Paperback)
Ibn Daud
R783 R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Rushdie Fatwa and After - A Lesson to the Circumspect (Hardcover): B Winston The Rushdie Fatwa and After - A Lesson to the Circumspect (Hardcover)
B Winston
R2,272 R1,776 Discovery Miles 17 760 Save R496 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the 'Satanic Verses' uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted.

Political Islam in Turkey - Running West, Heading East? (Hardcover): G. Jenkins Political Islam in Turkey - Running West, Heading East? (Hardcover)
G. Jenkins
R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For all the attention to radical political Islam, there is little awareness that the democratically elected government of Turkey has an Islamic flavor. This book places within historical context the rise of the Islamic political party now governing Turkey and examines the implications of its rule for that country and its relations with Europe, the United States and the Middle East.

Darkest England (Hardcover): Idries Shah Darkest England (Hardcover)
Idries Shah
R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Shi'i Jurisprudence and Constitution - Revolution in Iran (Hardcover, New): A. Boozari Shi'i Jurisprudence and Constitution - Revolution in Iran (Hardcover, New)
A. Boozari
R2,655 Discovery Miles 26 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Substantially about the relation between the concept of constitutionalism and Islamic Law in general and how such relation is specifically reflected in the Shi'ite jurisprudence, this volumeexplores the juristic origins of constitutionalism, especially in the context of 1905 Constitutional Revolution in Iran. Boozari has introduced the most important fatwas issued by the religious leaders in support of constitutionalism during the 1905 revolution, unfolded their underpinning theories, and analyzed the juristic technicalities of the terms.

The Just War and Jihad - Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover): R.Joseph Hoffmann The Just War and Jihad - Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover)
R.Joseph Hoffmann
R778 R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Save R151 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the long history of the monotheistic tradition, violence - often bloody with warfare - have not just been occasional but defining activities. Since 9/11, sociologists, religious historians, philosophers and anthropologists have examined the question of the roots of religious violence in new ways, and with surprising results. In November 2004, the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion brought together leading theorists at Cornell University to explore the question whether religions are viral forms of a general cultural tendency to violent action. Do religions, and especially the Abrahamic tradition, encourage violence in the imagery of their sacred writings, in their theology, and their tendency to see the world as a cosmos divided between powers of good and forces of evil? Is such violence a historical condition affecting all religious movements, or are some religions more prone to violence than others?;The papers collected in this volume represent the independent and considered thinking of internationally known scholars from a variety of disciplines concerning the relationship between religion and violence, with special reference to the theories of 'just war' and 'jihad', technical terms that arise in connection with the theology of early medieval Christianity and early Islam, respectively.

Institute of Terrorism - Islam (Hardcover): Asma Shah, Manjeet Singh Institute of Terrorism - Islam (Hardcover)
Asma Shah, Manjeet Singh
R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Which religion on earth was not and is not victim of the terrorist activities of Islam? Muhammad was a crime boss. Muslims should be restricted to Islamic countries.

Islam in China - A Critical Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Lynnette Gorman, Raphael Israeli Islam in China - A Critical Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Lynnette Gorman, Raphael Israeli
R3,081 Discovery Miles 30 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Islam has permeated Chinese civilization as a religion and lifestyle for centuries. This volume offers a summary of key developments concerning scholarship on Islam in China and presents a record of research on this topic. The first part of the book is a narrative introduction to the history of Islam in China, the coexistence of Chinese and Muslim cultures, and contemporary issues. The second part of the work is a listing of more than four hundred sources of information on the topic. Entries are grouped in ten categories, and each entry includes a descriptive annotation. An appendix lists journals devoted to research in this field, and the volume concludes with author, title, and subject indexes.

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