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Ummah : A New Paradigm for a Global World / Katrin A. Jomaa.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Jomaa, Katrin A., author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
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.
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Print version: Jomaa, Katrin A. Ummah
ISBN:
9781438482064
143848206X
Publisher Number:
40030527013
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