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Islam - An Introduction (Hardcover)
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Islam - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Series: I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion
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Many existing introductions to Islam focus predominantly on the
Middle East and on historical background at the expense of Islam as
a lived faith. Assessing Islam as a truly global phenomenon,
Catharina Raudvere engages thoroughly with history, (explaining the
significance of the revelation of the Prophet Muhammad and the
origins of the different Sunni and Shi'a groups within Islam),
while also giving full and comprehensive coverage to Muslim ritual
life and Islamic ethics. She discusses moral debates and modern
lifestyle issues such as halal consumption, interfaith dialogue and
controversy over the wearing of the veil. Diaspora communities are
considered with a view to showing how norms and doctrines are
understood - and sometimes contradicted - in social and ritual
practice. In addition, the author focuses on the meaning and
continuing application to modern life of the Quran and hadith as
sources for Islamic theology (kalam) and jurisprudence (fiqh). The
book gives much attention to questions of universal values, Islam
and democracy, gender issues, women's rights and pluralism,
contrasting the thinking of Jihadists and radical Islamism with
liberal reformist voices within Islam. Islam: An Introduction
offers undergraduate students of religion and general readers a
balanced, sensitive and well informed overview of the world's most
intensively discussed religious and cultural tradition.
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