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001 2008051475
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008 081126s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780415455176 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0415455170 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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020 $a0415455189 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn166379203
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050 00 $aBP50$b.S485 2009
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100 1 $aShepard, William E.,$d1933-
245 10 $aIntroducing Islam /$cWilliam Shepard.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2009.
300 $axviii, 333 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
490 1 $aWorld religions series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [316]-321) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : approaching the subject -- History of the community -- On the eve of Islam : the Hellenistic-Iranian world -- Arabia : Muhammad and history of Islam to about 700 CE -- Expansion and flowering : history of Islam from about 700 to 1700 CE -- Aspects of Islam -- The Qurʼan -- The prophet Muhammad : "the best of all creation" -- Rituals and celebrations -- Divisions in the umma : sects, political theory -- Those who know : scholars and learning -- To know God's will : Islamic law -- Theology and philosophy -- The path to God : Sufism and wisdom -- Three major figures : a philosopher, a scholar-mystic, and a reformer -- Culture and counter-culture : literature and other arts -- Modern developments -- Modern challenges : Western imperialism and Muslim response -- Turkey : secularist reform -- Ideology and politics in Egypt : between secularism and Islamism -- Ideology and politics in Iran : from secularism to Islamic revolution -- Indonesia : Islamic society or Islamic state? -- Globalization.
650 0 $aIslam.
650 0 $aIslam$xHistory.
830 0 $aWorld religions (Routledge (Firm))