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Ummah : A New Paradigm for a Global World / Katrin A. Jomaa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jomaa, Katrin A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Qurʼan.
- Ummah (Islam).
- Islam--Unity.
- Islam.
- Globalization--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Purpose and Focus of the Book
- Theoretical Background and Current Need for This Study
- Exegetical References
- Chapter 1 Conceptual Meaning of Ummah in the Meccan Verses of the Qurʼān
- Ummah in the Literature
- Analysis of the word ummah in the Meccan verses of the Qurʼān
- Ummah, Appointed Term (ajal), and Associated Responsibility
- Ummah, Religion, and Forefathers
- Ummah and al-Kitāb
- Ummah and Imām
- Ummah and the Covenant (al-Mīthāq)
- A Possible Order of a Global Ummah Composed of Different Umam?
- Ummah, Ummī Prophet, and the Global Ummah
- Ummah and Sovereignty
- Leadership, the Book, and Justice
- Land (Territory)
- Ummah and Nation-State
- Al-Ummah al-Wāḥidah and Its Differentiation across Human History
- Ummah of the Prophets
- Dealing with Religious Diversity
- Confederates of Evil (al-Aḥzāb)
- The Reformers (Muṣliḥūn)
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2 Ummah in the Medinan Verses of the Qurʼān
- The Notion of a Shared Ummah: Rights and Obligations
- Prophet Abraham (Ibrāhīm) Was an Ummah
- Defining the Ideology and Outlook of the Muslim Ummah through Prophet Abraham
- The Best Religion (Dīn) is Following Millat Ibrāhīm "al-Ḥanīf"
- Al-Manāsik (the Rituals)
- The Middle Ummah (al-Ummah al-Wasaṭ) and the Witness (Shahāda)
- Ummah from Ahl Al-Kitāb (Jews and Christians)
- The Best Ummah (Khayr Ummah) Ever Raised Up for Humankind
- Ummah of the Book and Governance
- Chapter 3: Ummah in the Medina Constitution
- Al-Muʼminūn ("The Believers")
- Decrees Addressing the Believers
- Decrees Addressing the Jews
- Decrees Addressing Ahl as-Ṣaḥīfah (the People of the Constitution)
- Sacred Land (ḥaram)
- Chapter 4 The Ummah and Political Governance-Comparative
- The Ummah and the Aristotelian Polis
- Khalīfa and Political Animal
- Khalīfa
- Khalīfa in Early, Classical, and Modern Exegesis
- Khilāfa in Islamic Literature
- Aristotelian Polis and Qurʼanic Ummah
- Polis and Ummah: Medium Whereby Citizens Exercise Virtuous Activity
- Difference between Law and Sharīʹah
- Rule of Law (Polis and Ummah)
- Resolving Conflict by Invoking Competing Virtues in Aristotle and the Qur'ān
- Community and State in Contemporary Political Theory
- Polis and Constitution versus Ummah and al-Kitāb 222
- Introducing Reforms through the Constitution
- The Characters of Constitution and the Citizen Mirror Each Other
- Constitutional Law Transformed into Community Norm
- Polis and Justice versus Ummah and Wasaṭiyyah
- Justice as a "Mean" and the Concept of "Wasaṭ"
- Understanding "Prophet Abraham Was an Ummah" through Aristotle's "Unity of Virtues"
- Ummah Attains Justice through Shūra (Collective Judgment of Khulafā)
- Notes:
- Justice Is Manifested in the "Common Good" Resulting from Collective Judgment.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jomaa, Katrin A. Ummah
- ISBN:
- 9781438482064
- 143848206X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030527013
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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