A groundbreaking examination of a crucial concept in Islamic thought and tradition from an author noted for her work on interfaith and intercultural dialogue Considering its prominent role in many faith traditions, surprisingly little has been written about hospitality within the context of religion, particularly Islam.
Against the background of long-standing narratives in which Twelver Shi'ism is viewed as fundamentally authoritarian, The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi'i Islamic Tradition builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies, Anthropology, and History to argue that Twelver Shi'ism is better understood as a discursive tradition.
Against the background of long-standing narratives in which Twelver Shi'ism is viewed as fundamentally authoritarian, The School of Hillah and the Formation of Twelver Shi'i Islamic Tradition builds upon recent scholarship in the fields of Religious Studies, Anthropology, and History to argue that Twelver Shi'ism is better understood as a discursive tradition.
Turkey's contemporary struggles with Islam are often interpreted as a conflict between religion and secularism played out most obviously in the split between rural and urban populations.
This chronicle of observant Muslim women's daily challenges in secular settings is "e;a welcome contribution [that] can be useful in many disciplines"e; (Journal of Church and State).
The political downfall of the Suharto administration in 1998 marked the end of the "e;New Order"e; in Indonesia, a period characterized by 32 years of authoritarian rule.
Within the broad contours of Islamic traditions, Muslims are enjoined to fast during the month of Ramadan, they are invited to a disciplined practice of prayer, and they are offered the Quran as the divine revelation in the most beautiful verbal form.
Die drei iranischen Religionen stehen in Wechselwirkung mit der Gesellschaft, die – geschichtlich und gegenwärtig – nicht auf das Staatsgebiet der heutigen Islamischen Republik Iran beschränkt ist.
Understanding Islamic law is crucial not only for Muslims, but for non-Muslims who work with Muslims in legal contexts as well as for anyone wanting to understand the role of Islam in the world today.
Women Mystics and Sufi Shrines in India combines historical data with years of ethnographic fieldwork to investigate women's participation in the culture of Sufi shrines in India and the manner in which this participation both complicates and sustains traditional conceptions of Islamic womanhood.
The post-Christian West is in decline, revived Islam is on the rise, and Mesopotamia (Syria-Iraq), the cradle of civilization, has become ground zero in a battle for civilization.
En estos últimos años han tenido lugar significativos acontecimientos --conflictos armados, inmigración masiva, atentados terroristas, revueltas ciudadanas-- relacionados con la religión islámica que han afectado de lleno a nuestras vidas.
Desde Occidente se contempla el islam como un mero espacio religioso cuyo legado, obsoleto y desfasado, es inferior en todos los aspectos a la modernidad ilustrada y tolerante.
"Inspirándose principalmente en el pensamiento decolonial latinoamericano, en los llamados feminismos de la Tercera Ola y en el pensamiento islámico del filósofo marroquí Taha Abderrahman, esta obra plantea una crítica profunda a los fundamentos epistemológicos de los feminismos islámicos, a la vez que tantea la urgencia de un pensamiento islámico decolonial como la respuesta y quizás la única, pero no unificada, solución posible a la crisis del pensamiento islámico contemporáneo.
Die kämpferische Koran-Expertin Fatma Akay-Türker legte ihre Funktion als einzige Frau im Vorstand der Islamischen Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich zurück, weil sie deren konservatives Frauenbild ablehnte.
This book gives review of the spiritual life after death and the most prominent events on the Day of Judgment and the Resurrection (Qiyama) in the light of what was mentioned on Qur'an and the honorable Sunnah of the Prophet Mohamed.
Debora Müller erstellt in ihrer Studie mithilfe der Grounded Theory eine Theorie über Entwicklung und Inhalt des Islamverständnisses liberaler Muslim:innen und ihre Positionierung inmitten der islamischen Landschaft Deutschlands.