Islam - Between Message and History (Hardcover, New)

This book could easily be called 'A Guide for the Modern Muslim', for someone to whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a stultified education. Charfi spells out what, for him, is the essential message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through the person of the Prophet Muhammad, who was a visionary seeking to change the ideals, attitudes and behaviours of the society in which he lived. The message and its history are delineated as two separate things, conflated by tradition. Charfi's reflections cross those horizons where few Muslim scholars have dared until now to tread. He confronts with great lucidity those difficult questions with which Muslims are struggling, attempting to reconsider them from a moral and political perspective that is independent of the frameworks produced by tradition."

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers
Release date:	September 2009
First published:	September 2009
Authors:	Abdelmadjid Charfi
Translators:	David Bond
Editors:	Abdou Filali-Ansary • Sikeena Karmali Ahmed
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7486-3967-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam Promotions
LSN:	0-7486-3967-5
Barcode:	9780748639670

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