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