Islam : historical, social and political perspectives / Jacques Waardenburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waardenburg, Jacques, 1930-2015.

Series:

Religion and reason ; 40.

Religion and reason ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam.

Islam and state.

Islam and politics.

Islam--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 436 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2015

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents some twenty essays on different aspects of Islam in history and the present. These essays are grouped into eight larger sections. The first, "The Beginnings", deals with the transition from pre-Islamic understandings and reason, an essential part of the Quranic message. The next two sections deal with Islam specifically as a religion with its particular signs and symbols. The question of rules of interpretation in Islam and its structural features is discussed here. Sections four and five deal with ethics in Islam, including Muslim identity and human rights, and certain social functions of Islam. Section six introduces some 19th and 20th century reform movements, with special attention given to developments in Saudi Arabia and the "puritan" characteristics of present-day Islamic revival movements. The final two sections discuss contemporary issues: Islamization processes and policies, Islamic ideologies, the ideologization of Islam, and the political uses of religion. Throughout the book the author shows the links between the religious and other interpretations and uses made of Islam and the contexts in which they are made. The Introduction signals some important developments in Islamic studies since World War II.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Content

Introduction and a Form of Acknowledgments

Section 1: The Beginnings

Chapter 1. Changes in Belief and the Rise of Islam

Chapter 2. Faith and Reason in the Argumentation of the Qur'ān

Section 2: Islam as a Religion

Chapter 3. Islamic Attitudes to Signs

Chapter 4. Islam Studied in the Perspective of Science of Religion

Section 3: Structures and Interpretations of Islam

Chapter 5. Official, Popular, and Normative Religion in Islam

Chapter 6. Are there Hermeneutic Principles in Islam?

Section 4: Muslim Presentations of Islam and of Human Rights

Chapter 7. Some North African Intellectuals' Presentations of Islam

Chapter 8. Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Islam

Section 5: Social Reality and Islam

Chapter 9. Islamic Religious Tradition and Social Development

Chapter 10. Islam's Function as a Civil Religion

Section 6: The Case of Arabia

Chapter 11. The Wahhābās in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Arabia

Chapter 12. Saudi Arabia: The King and the Consul

Section 7: Islamic Reform and Intellectual Reflection

Chapter 13. Tsarist Russia and the Dutch East Indies

Chapter 14. Puritan Patterns in Islamic Revival Movements

Section 8: Islamic Ideology

Chapter 15. The Call (Da'wa) of Islamic Movements

Chapter 16. Ideologization in Present-Day Islam: An Exploration

Section 9: The International Scene and Islam

Chapter 17. The Rise of Islamic States

Chapter 18. Islam as a Vehicle of Protest

Chapter 19. Islam in Present-Day Muslim States

Further Readings

1. Index of Arabic and Persian Terms

2. Index of Persons

3. Geographical Names

4. Index of Subjects

5. Index of Concepts

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-417) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612195266

9781282195264

1282195263

9783110200942

3110200945

OCLC:

226376828