Unfolding Islam
Title:
Unfolding Islam
Author:
Stewart, Philip J.
ISBN:
9781435672833
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Reading, UK : Garnet, c2008.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 269 p.) : ill.
Contents:
The stage is set -- Arabia and the Arabs -- The preparing of the Prophet -- The messenger -- The message -- Persecution -- Immigrants and helpers -- The Prophet at war -- Islam perfected -- The Koran completed -- The person of the Prophet -- The first Caliphs -- Civil war -- The law and the Prophet -- Reason and belief -- Dissidents -- The Sufi dimension -- A thousand years of constancy -- Reform -- The turning tide -- Revivalism -- The new century.
Abstract:
"Thoroughly revised in the light of the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent climate of fear and hostility towards Muslims, this new edition of the acclaimed Unfolding Islam sets out to present Islam to non-Muslim readers, and to describe for the general reader - whether Muslim or not - how Islam has unfolded over the course of time, and how it continues to do so. Set in the context of the geography and history of what may be called the super-continent of Afro- Eurasia, the book centers on the Koran and the life of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions, showing how later developments are rooted there, right down to questions of contemporary relevance such as the difference between Sunni Muslims and Shiites, Sufis and literalists, reformists and 'fundamentalists'."--P. [4] of cover.
Genre:
Electronic Access:
EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=242092