Islam in Historical Perspective
Alexander Knysh
Paperback
9781138193703
Contents
1 Arabia: The Cradle of Islam
2 Muhammad s.a.w. and the Beginnings of Islam: The Making of the Muslim Community
3 After Muhammad s.a.w.: The Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Conquests
4 The Murder of ‘Uthman, the Fitna Wars, and the Rise and Consolidation of the Umayyad Dynasty
5 The Principal Source of Islam: The Qur’an
6 The Prophetic Hadith and Sunna and the Emergence of the Shari‘a
7 The Problem of the Just Ruler and the First Divisions Within the Community
8 The ‘Abbasid Revolution and Beyond
9 Islamic Scholarship Under the ‘Abbasids: The Rise and Development of the Schools of Law
10 Islamic Scholarship Under the ‘Abbasids: Theological Debates and Schools of Thought
11 Twelver Shi‘ism and Zaydism
12 Shi‘ism as a Revolutionary Movement: The Isma‘ilis
13 Ascetic and Mystical Movement in Islam: Sufism
14 Intellectual Struggles in Premodern Islam: Philosophy Versus Theology
15 Transmission and Conservation of Knowledge: ‘Ulama’ , Madrasas, and Sufi Lodges
16 The Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam: Islamic Life Cycle
17 Islamic Art and Religious Architecture (Mosque)
18 Women in Islamic Societies
19 Islam and the West
20 Islam in the Gunpowder Empires: The World of Islam Faces Modernity and European Colonialism
21 Renewal and Reform in Islam: The Emergence of Islamic Modernism and Reformism
22 Islam as a Political Force and Vehicle of Opposition
23 Islam Reinterpreted: Major Trends in Islamic Thought Today
24 The Ideology and Practice of Globalized Jihadism