An Denny, Frederick Mathewson. creator text bibliography nju Upper Saddle River, N.J Pearson Prentice Hall c2006 2006 3rd ed. monographic eng

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xiii, 418 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. Contents: Religion and common life in the pre-Islamic Near East. Early civilizations and the origins of Judaism and Christianity ; Pre-Islamic Arabia : beliefs, values, way of life -- The coming of Islam : the prophet, his people, and God's religion. Muhammad and the early Muslim community ; The Arab conquests and Islamic rule : the struggle for a unified umma -- The Islamic religious system. The basic beliefs and worship practices of Islam ; The nature and function of the Qur'an ; The prophet's Sunna as in the Ḥadīth ; Muslim creeds and theologies : their purposes and varieties ; Law and the state in classical Islamic formulations -- The Sufi way of mysticism and fellowship. Islamic mysticism and the disciplines of esoteric piety ; Masters and disciples : the forms and functions of Sufi orders -- Patterns of Islamic personal and communal life. The Islamic life cycle and the family ; Ideals and realities of Islamic community life -- Islam in the modern world. Major movements and trends in renewal and reform ; Three forms of Islamic revival: "fundamentalism," feminism, and establishing the umma in North America ; Whither Islam and the Muslims? : progressive Muslims with a vision of an "Islam without borders." Frederick Mathewson Denny. Includes bibliographical references and index. Islam BP 161.2 .D46 2006 297 0131835637 2005000600 DLC 050110 20151125114124.0 13837490