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| Author | : Adam J. Silverstein |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2010-01-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0199545723 |
How did Islam arise from the obscurity of seventh century Arabia to the headlines of the 21st century? This introduction answers that question; exploring the cultural & religious diversity of Islamic history. Adam Silverstein explains its significance & considers its impact on Islamic society today.
| Author | : Adam J. Silverstein |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2010-01-21 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0199545723 |
How did Islam arise from the obscurity of seventh century Arabia to the headlines of the twenty first century? This Very Short Introduction answers that question; exploring the cultural and religious diversity of Islamic history. Adam Silverstein explains its significance and considers its impact on Islamic society today.
| Author | : Jonathan A.C. Brown |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2011-03-24 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0199559287 |
Drawing on traditional Muslim sources, Michael Cook describes Muhammad's life and teaching. He also attempts to stand back from this traditional picture to show how far it is historically justified.
| Author | : Malise Ruthven |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2012-01-26 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0199642877 |
Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant forms, but few people in the non-Muslim world really understand its nature. Malise Ruthven's Very Short Introduction, offers essential insights into the big issues, provides fresh perspectives on contemporary questions, and guides us through the complex debates.
| Author | : Mashood A. Baderin |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : Islamic law |
| ISBN | : 0199665591 |
Islamic law is one of the major legal systems in the world today, yet it is often misunderstood, particularly in the West. This book provides a critical overview of the theory, scope, and practice of Islamic law, taking into account both classical and modern scholarly perspectives in examining the various facets of this key legal system.
| Author | : Michael Cook |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2000-02-25 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0191578274 |
The Koran has constituted a remarkably strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. This Very Short Introduction explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional Muslim culture. Michael Cook provides a lucid and direct account of the Koran as codex, as scripture, as liturgy, and as the embodiment of truth, and examines its means of formation and dissemination. He also discusses issues of interpretation for certain key verses, demonstrating that fecundity of the text for readers throughout the world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
| Author | : Nile Green |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 181 |
| Release | : 2020-12-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0190917253 |
This book presents the first comprehensive survey of the multiple versions of Islam propagated across geographical, political, and cultural boundaries during the era of modern globalization. Showing how Islam was transformed through these globalizing transfers, it traces the origins, expansion and increasing diversification of Global Islam - from individual activists to organizations and then states - over the past 150 years. Historian Nile Green surveys not only the familiar venues of Islam in the Middle East and the West, but also Asia and Africa, explaining the doctrines of a wide variety of political and non-political versions of Islam across the spectrum from Salafism to Sufism. This Very Short Introduction will help readers to recognize and compare the various organizations competing to claim the authenticity and authority of representing the one true Islam.
| Author | : John Arnold |
| Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 2000-02-24 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 019285352X |
Starting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than to delve into specific periods.
| Author | : Alan Taylor |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0199766231 |
In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents the current scholarly understanding of colonial America to a broader audience. He focuses on the transatlantic and a transcontinental perspective, examining the interplay of Europe, Africa, and the Americas through the flows of goods, people, plants, animals, capital, and ideas.
| Author | : Charles L. Cohen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 175 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0190654341 |
Connected by their veneration of the One God proclaimed by Abraham, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share much beyond their origins in the ancient Israel of the Old Testament. This Very Short Introduction explores the intertwined histories of these monotheistic religions, from the emergence of Christianity and Islam to the violence of the Crusades and the cultural exchanges of al-Andalus.
