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Identity and civilization : essays on Judaism, Christianity and Islam / Mordechai Nisan.
LIBRA BP173.J8 N57 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nisan, Mordechai.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam--Relations--Judaism.
- Islam.
- Relations.
- Judaism.
- Judaism--Relations--Islam.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity.
- Christianity.
- Christianity and other religions--Islam.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Jihad.
- Islamic countries--Civilization.
- Islamic countries.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 217 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [1999]
- Summary:
- Identity and Civilization looks at Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as contemporary rivals in the political arena, focusing on the contemporary encounter between Israel and the Muslim and Arab peoples. Mordechai Nisan unearths the essential features of these religions and the communities that adhere to them, while clarifying the prominent political antagonism of recent history. He explores the role of the profound forces of faith and culture that provide the people in the Middle East with their integral identity and therefore shape the political situation. Nisan uses compelling intellectual arguments to expose the hard realities that must be understood by all parties before a successful peace can be achieved in that area.
- Contents:
- Chapter 2 Religion
- The Dialectical Relationship of Judaism With Islam and Its Political Significance 7
- Religion and Its Origins 9
- The History of Islam's Origins 10
- Judaism in the Koran and the Islamic Tradition (Sunna) 12
- Two Examples of Exclusive Judaic and Islamic Claims 19
- Universalism and Particularity in Judaism and Islam 24
- Judaism in Relation With Shi'ite Islam 28
- Contemporary Political Parallels of Muslim Mimicking 31
- Chapter 3 Philosophy
- An Ontological and Political Inquiry into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 43
- Judaism: The Delusion of 'Doing' 45
- Christianity: The Price of 'Having' 60
- Islam: The Fullness and Futility of 'Being' 70
- Political Implications 84
- Chapter 4 Culture
- Western Travelers in the Muslim Lands of the Middle East: The 'Orientalism' Debate Revisited 99
- Study and Discovery 99
- Discovering the Culture Code 102
- The Interventionist Impulse 109
- To the Desert 110
- The Limits of Reform 116
- Orientalism, Arabism, and Edward Said 118
- Chapter 5 War
- The Islamic Assault on the West and Israel 127
- The Place of War in Thought and History: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 130
- The Muslim Resurgence and the Potential of Jihad 137
- Jihad Against the West 144
- Jihad Against Israel 153
- Jihad and Jerusalem 159
- Chapter 7 Epilogue: My Personal Civilizational Journey 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-211) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761813551
- 076181356X
- OCLC:
- 40654769
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