Normal view
MARC view
What is Islam? : the importance of being Islamic / Shahab Ahmed.
Publisher: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2017Description: xvii, 609 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780691178318
- 0691178313
- BP 161.3 .A37225 2017
Contents:
Part one. Questions. What is Islam? ; Chapter 1. Six Questions about Islam -- Part two. Conceptualizations. Chapter 2. Islam as Law, islams-not-Islam, Islamic and Islamicate, Religion and Culture, Culture and Civilization ; Chapter 3. Religion and Secular, Sacred and Profane, Theocentric and Anthropocentric, Total Social Fact, Family Resemblance ; Chapter 4. Culture, Meaning, Symbol System, Core and Nucleus, Whatever-Muslims-Say-It-Is, Discursive Tradition, Orthodoxy, Process -- Part three. Re-Conceptualizations. Chapter 5. Hermeneutical Engagement, Pre-Text, Text, and Con-Text, Meaning-Making for the Self, Spatiality of Revelation, Hierarchy, Exteriority-Interiority, Public and Private, Language and Vocabulary, Ambivalence and Ambiguity, Metaphor and Paradox ; Chapter 6. Applications and Implications : Coherent Contradiction, Exploration, Diffusion, Form and Meaning, Modern ; The Importance of Being Islamic.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | BP 161.3 .A37225 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | c20002697 |
Browsing American University in Dubai shelves, Shelving location: Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
| BP 161.2 .R59 1999 Islam : a concise introduction / | BP 161.2 .W29 1995 An introduction to Islam / | BP 161.2 .W57 1998 Windows on the house of Islam : Muslim sources on spirituality and religious life / | BP 161.3 .A37225 2017 What is Islam? : the importance of being Islamic / | BP 161.3 .A376 2008 Islam : the key concepts / | BP 161.3 .A79 2005 No god but God : the origins, evolution, and future of Islam / | BP161.3.B76 2009 A new introduction to Islam / |
Originally published: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-591) and index.
Part one. Questions. What is Islam? ; Chapter 1. Six Questions about Islam -- Part two. Conceptualizations. Chapter 2. Islam as Law, islams-not-Islam, Islamic and Islamicate, Religion and Culture, Culture and Civilization ; Chapter 3. Religion and Secular, Sacred and Profane, Theocentric and Anthropocentric, Total Social Fact, Family Resemblance ; Chapter 4. Culture, Meaning, Symbol System, Core and Nucleus, Whatever-Muslims-Say-It-Is, Discursive Tradition, Orthodoxy, Process -- Part three. Re-Conceptualizations. Chapter 5. Hermeneutical Engagement, Pre-Text, Text, and Con-Text, Meaning-Making for the Self, Spatiality of Revelation, Hierarchy, Exteriority-Interiority, Public and Private, Language and Vocabulary, Ambivalence and Ambiguity, Metaphor and Paradox ; Chapter 6. Applications and Implications : Coherent Contradiction, Exploration, Diffusion, Form and Meaning, Modern ; The Importance of Being Islamic.
There are no comments on this title.
Log in to your account to post a comment.