Muslims : their religious beliefs and practices / by Andrew Rippin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rippin, Andrew, 1950-2016.

Series:

Library of religious beliefs and practices

The library of religious beliefs and practices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam.

Muslims.

Islam--Doctrines.

Islam--Customs and practices.

Physical Description:

ix, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

Muslims is essential reading for students and scholars alike. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and features a companion website with extensive links to additional reading and resources to help deepen students' understanding of the subject.

Andrew Rippin offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to modern times. He examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in Particular the Qur'an ana the influence of Muhammad, and traces the ways in which these sources have interacted historically to create Muslim theology and law as well as the alternative visions of Islam found in Shi'ism and Sufism.

The improved and expanded fourth edition contains an additional chapter on perceptions of Muslims today as well as a new series of text boxes to stimulate thinking about essay topics and research projects. Using a distinctive critical approach that promotes engagement with key issues, from fundamentalism and women's rights to problems of identity, Islamophobia and modernity, this text is ideal for today's students. Book jacket.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Formative elements of classical Islam

pt. 2. Emergence of Islamic identity

pt. 3. Alternate visions of classical Islamic identity

pt. 4. Consolidation of Islamic identity

pt. 5. Modern visions of Islam

pt. 6. Re-visioning Islam.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415489393

0415489393

9780415489409

0415489407

9780203805213

0203805216

OCLC:

705350878