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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 2900138144776 |
|---|---|
| Publication date: | 01/11/2010 |
| Pages: | 432 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Frederick Denny is Professor Emeritus at University of Chicago, USA.
Table of Contents
Preface xi
A General Introduction to Islam's Basic Teachings and Practices 1
Part 1 Religion and Common Life in the Pre-Islamic Near East 5
Chapter 1 Early Civilizations and the Origins of Judaism and Christianity 7
Egypt the Land 7
Mesopotamia the Land 11
The Origins of Judaism 15
Abraham 15
Moses 18
Later Religious Development 19
The Prophets 20
From Ancient Israelite Religion to Judaism 22
Awaiting God's Messiah 23
Jesus of Nazareth 23
Paul 25
Christianity 26
Christianity and Judaism 27
Chapter 2 Pre-Islamic Arabia: Beliefs, Values, Way of Life 32
Pre-Islamic Arabia 32
Social Structure and Economy 34
Poetry 39
Pre-Islamic Religion 40
Part 2 The Coming of Islam: The Prophet, His People, and God's Religion 47
Chapter 3 Muhammad and the Early Muslim Community 49
Before Muhammad 49
Muhammad the Person 50
Muhammad the Prophet 53
The Qur'an 55
The First Muslims 56
The Development of Islam 57
The Qur'an's Divine Message 61
The Hijra 63
Muhammad's Later Life 69
Muhammad's Personal Life 71
Chapter 4 The Arab Conquests and Islamic Rule: The Struggle for a Unified Umma 74
Muhammad's Heirs 74
The Muslims' Foreign Conquests 75
Early Muslim Governments and the Spread of the Umma 78
Two Approaches to Politics and Rule 83
The Spread of the Islamic Empire 84
The Abbasids 87
Other Muslim Peoples 90
Islam's Achievements 94
Part 3 The Islamic Religious System 97
Chapter 5 The Basic Beliefs and Worship Practices of Islam 99
The Five Doctrines of Islamic Faith 99
The Five Acts of Worship 105
Purification 105
Ritual Impurity 107
The Pillars of Islam 110
Chapter 6 The Nature and Function ofthe Qur'an 130
Language, Format, and Chronology 130
Recitation and Ritual Observances 134
Contents and Nature of the Qur'an 140
Interpretation of the Qur'an 142
The "Inimitability" of the Qur'an 146
Chapter 7 The Prophet's Sunna as Preserved in the Hadith 150
Muhammad and Scripture 150
The Form of the Had?th 152
Major Collections of Had?th 156
The Prophet's and His Companions' Sunnas 159
Muhammad as an Ideal Human 160
Chapter 8 Muslim Creeds and Theologies: Their Purposes and Varieties 164
Theology 164
Islamic Theology 166
Theological Issues 167
The Place of Reason 170
The Mu'tazilite Rationalists 171
Mu'tazilite Thought 173
Three Muslim Creeds 180
Orthodox Kal?m and the Challenge of Philosophy 184
Chapter 9 Law and the State in Classical Islamic Formulations 187
Islam as a Way of Life 187
The Shari'a and Fiqh 187
The Qur'an and the Law 188
The Legal Scholars 191
Schools of Law 193
The Five Principles 194
Sunni Law Schools 195
Shi'iLaw Schools 197
Islamic Political Institutions: Forms, Functions, and Theories 198
Islamic Law and the State in the Present Era 207
Part 4 The Sufi Way of Mysticism and Fellowship 209
Chapter 10 Islamic Mysticism and the Disciplines of Esoteric Piety 211
Sufism 211
Asceticism in Early Islamic Contexts 217
Sufi Symbolism 221
Sufism as an Esoteric Discipline: The Tariqa or Way 223
Al-Junayd and Sober Sufism 225
Antinomian Sufism 227
Intoxicated Sufism; Al-Hallaj 228
States and Stations 231
Al-Ghazadli and the Reconciliation of Shari'aand Tariqa 232
Chapter 11 Masters and Disciples: The Forms and Functions of Sufi Orders 238
The Rise of Sufi Orders 238
Shaykhs and Faqirs: The Master-Disciple Relationship 239
The Qadiri Order: Islam's Major International Sufi Brotherhood 240
Other Classic Sufi Orders 242
Jalal al-Din al-Rumi and the Mawlawis 246
Rumi's Poetry 248
The Silsila or Spiritual Lineage 251
Dhikr and Sama': Remembrance and the Spiritual Concert 252
Sufi Theosophy: The Thought of Ibn 'Arabi 256
Part 5 Patterns of Islamic Personal and Communal Life 261
Chapter 12 The Islamic Life Cycle and the Family 263
Islamic Domestic Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs 263
Rites of Infancy and Childhood 264
Marriage (Nikah) 268
Divorce (Talaq) 273
Inheritance 274
Property 275
Interest 275
Family Life 276
Food and Eating Habits 278
Clothing, Ornamentation, and Toilet 280
Death Rituals 282
Mourning Customs 285
Chapter 13 Ideals and Realities of Islamic Community Life 289
The Closeness of the Community 289
The Mosque 290
The Marketplace 293
Public Behavior 294
Recreation 297
Official Islam 299
Popular Islam 301
The Veneration of Saints 301
Distinctive Shi'i Ritual Practices 307
Part 6 Islam in the Modern World 313
Chapter 14 Major Movements and Trends in Renewal and Reform 315
Three Phases of Islamic History 315
TheWahhabis 318
Other Reform Movements 321
Some Modernist Thinkers 324
Islam and Nationalism 330
Chapter 15 Three Forms of Islamic Revival: "Fundamentalism," Feminism, and Establishing the Umma in North America 341
Fundamentalism 342
Islam and the Status of Women 348
Islam and Muslims in North America 352
Chapter 16 Whither Islam and the Muslims? Progressive Muslims with a Vision of an "Islam without Borders" 365
Westoxication 366
Modernity and Westernization in the Post 9/11 World 367
Progressive Muslims 371
Progressive Assertiveness 373
An Iranian Shi'ite Muslim's Voice in Human Rights and Rational Discourse 374
Muslim Women Scholar-Activists 377
Conclusion 380
Suggestions for Further Reading 383
Glossary 402
Acknowledgments 410
Index 412