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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
Nazar, literally 'vision', is a unique Arabic-Islamic term/concept
that offers an analytical framework for exploring the ways in which
Islamic visual culture and aesthetic sensibility have been shaped
by common conceptual tools and moral parameters. It intertwines the
act of 'seeing' with the act of 'reflecting', thereby bringing the
visual and cognitive functions into a complex relationship. Within
the folds of this multifaceted relationship lies an entangled web
of religious ideas, moral values, aesthetic preferences, scientific
precepts, and socio-cultural understandings that underlie the
intricacy of one's personal belief. Peering through the lens of
nazar, the studies presented in this volume unravel aspects of
these entanglements to provide new understandings of how vision,
belief, and perception shape the rich Islamic visual culture.
Contributors: Samer Akkach, James Bennett, Sushma Griffin, Stephen
Hirtenstein, Virginia Hooker, Sakina Nomanbhoy, Shaha Parpia, Ellen
Philpott-Teo, Wendy M.K. Shaw.
Islamic economics and finance has recently enjoyed a spike in
interest and a rise in status from theology-tinged discussion
fodder for Muslim intellectuals to a fully fledged academic
discipline knocking on the doors of university social science
departments. The Handbook of Empirical Research on Islam and
Economic Life provides a solid background and overview of current
empirical research, evaluating how well Islamic institutions have
performed in pursuing their objectives. With contributions from
leading scholars, this unique Handbook provides chapters examining
a range of phenomena in Islamic finance, focusing on five main
research areas: religion and growth, Islamic social finance,
Islamic banking and finance, Islamic capital market and Sukuk
(Islamic bonds). This selection of research literature provides: -
a socio-economic profile of Muslim countries - an outline of
Islamic systems of accounting and governance - an analysis of the
religion-development link - a consideration of the role of the
state under Islam. Scholars of finance and Islam in Muslim and in
Western universities, students in graduate and post-graduate
courses in Islamic studies, and Islamic research institutes and
libraries in Western, Middle Eastern and Asian universities will
all find great value in this vital resource and its exploration of
a compelling approach to finance. Contributors include: A.U.F.
Ahmad, M.S. Akhtar, E. Aksak, M.A.M. Al JanabiIhsan Isik, N. Alam,
F. Alqahtani, S.O. Alhabshi, C. Aloui, S.B. Anceaur, D. Ashraf, M.
Asutay, A.F. Aysan, O. Bacha, A. Barajas, M. Bekri, C. De Anca, G.
Dewandaru, M. Disli, A.O. El Aloui, M. Farooq, K. Gazdar, R.
Grassa, H.B. Hamida, M.K. Hassan, R. Hayat, C.M. Henry, J. Howe,
M.H. Ibrahim, M. Jahrom, K. Jouaber-Snoussi, F. Kamarudin, M.
Khawaja, H. Khan, K. Khan, O. Krasicka, M.T. Majeed, N.A.K. Malim,
M. Masih, A. Massara, D.G. Mayes, A.K.M. Meera, M. Mehri, C.
Mertzanis, H.S. Min, M.A. Mobin, Y.A. Nainggolan, M. Naseri, A.M.
Nassir, A. Ng, S. Nowak, M.S. Nurzaman, M. Omran, H. Ozturk, M.
Rashid, M.E.S.M. Rashid, R.M. Shafi, A. Shah, N.S. Shirazi, F.
Sufian, G.M.W. Ullah, P. Verhoeven, L. Weill, S. Zaheer, S.R.S.M.
Zain, A. Zarka
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