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Islam Carole Hillenbrand

Islam von Carole Hillenbrand

Islam Carole Hillenbrand


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Zusammenfassung

Offers an understanding of the history of Muslims and their faith, from the life of Muhammad to the religion practised by 1.6 billion people around the world today. In this book, each chapters explains a core aspect of the faith in historical perspective, allowing readers to gain a sensitive understanding of the essential tenets of the religion.

Islam Zusammenfassung

Islam: A New Historical Introduction Carole Hillenbrand

Carole Hillenbrand's book offers a profound understanding of the history of Muslims and their faith, from the life of Muhammad to the religion practised by 1.6 billion people around the world today. Each of the eleven chapters explains a core aspect of the faith in historical perspective, allowing readers to gain a sensitive understanding of the essential tenets of the religion and of the many ways in which the present is shaped by the past. It is an ideal introductory text for courses in Middle Eastern studies, in religious studies, or on Islam and its history.

Islam Bewertungen

'This book is well argued and well structured. It is balanced, judicious, and based on a wealth of erudition and astute observations' - Youssef Choueiri, University of Manchester
'I cannot remember the last time I so much enjoyed reading a text on Islam. It is extremely well researched and the flowing writing style makes you want to finish it in one sitting' - H.R.H. Wijdan (Ali Al-Hashemi, Ph.D, diplomat and founder of the Jordan National Gallery)
'What Carole Hillenbrand has achieved in her magnificent new book is breathtaking. The book is brilliantly organized and written with compelling clarity, which will make it the indispensable introduction to the subject for a long time to come' - Dr Richard Holloway, author of Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt

Über Carole Hillenbrand

In 2005, Carole Hillenbrand was the first non-Muslim to be awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, and in 2009 she received an OBE for Services to Higher Education. She is currently Professor Emerita in Islamic History at the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Islamic History at the University of St Andrews. She is the author of the internationally successful The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction * 2 Muhammad * 3 The Qur'an * 4 Faith * 5 Law * 6 Diversity * 7 Thought * 8 Sufism * 9 Jihad * 10 Women * 11 Tomorrow

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR008185133
9780500110270
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Islam: A New Historical Introduction Carole Hillenbrand
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Broschiert
Thames & Hudson Ltd
2015-01-19
314
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