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Muslims : their religious beliefs and practices / Andrew Rippin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of religious beliefs and practicesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.Edition: 2a edDescription: xii, 346 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0415217814
  • 9780415217811
  • 0415217822 (pbk.)
  • 9780415217828 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297
LOC classification:
  • BP 161.2 R593m 2001
Contents:
Prehistory -- The Qur'an -- Muhammad -- Political action and theory -- Theological exposition -- Legal developments -- Ritual practice -- The Shia -- Sufi devotion -- Intellectual culture -- Medieval visions of Islam -- Describing modernity -- Muhammad and modernity -- The Qur'an and modernity -- Issues of identity -- Feminism's Islam -- Visions for Islam in the twenty-first century and beyond.
Summary: The revised, second edition of this authoritative text provides a survey of Islamic history and thought with new chapters on intellectual thought and medieval developments. Rippin examines the elements which come together to form Islam, in particular the Qur'an and the traditions from Muhammad. With a combination of well-documented source material, recent research in the field and thorough critical analysis, Rippin provides a concise and challenging introduction to this important and frequently misunderstood religious group.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BP 161.2 R593m 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000015949

Previous ed.: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Prehistory -- The Qur'an -- Muhammad -- Political action and theory -- Theological exposition -- Legal developments -- Ritual practice -- The Shia -- Sufi devotion -- Intellectual culture -- Medieval visions of Islam -- Describing modernity -- Muhammad and modernity -- The Qur'an and modernity -- Issues of identity -- Feminism's Islam -- Visions for Islam in the twenty-first century and beyond.

The revised, second edition of this authoritative text provides a survey of Islamic history and thought with new chapters on intellectual thought and medieval developments. Rippin examines the elements which come together to form Islam, in particular the Qur'an and the traditions from Muhammad. With a combination of well-documented source material, recent research in the field and thorough critical analysis, Rippin provides a concise and challenging introduction to this important and frequently misunderstood religious group.

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