Images of Muhammad: Narratives of the Prophet in Islam Across the Centuries - Couverture rigide

Khalidi, Tarif

 
9780385518161: Images of Muhammad: Narratives of the Prophet in Islam Across the Centuries
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0385518161 ISBN 13 : 9780385518161
Editeur : Harmony Books, 2009

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From one of today’s leading Muslim scholars, this compelling look at how the Prophet Muhammad has been portrayed throughout the centuries offers a fascinating history of the diversity of Islamic cultures and beliefs.

The Prophet Muhammad has been revered for more than fifteen centuries. Today, one in five people throughout the world calls for daily praises and blessings upon him and holds him up as a model of virtue.

In IMAGES OF MUHAMMAD, Tarif Khalidi examines the ways Muhammad has been depicted and revered from the immediate aftermath of his death to the present day. With scholarly authority, Khalidi explores how the “biography” of Muhammad has been constructed, reconstructed, and utilized in various Islamic cultures, and traces the influences that have shaped his image, including the profound effect of negative perceptions promulgated by the West. As he describes the great variety of Islamic beliefs and practices, Khalidi illuminates the values and ideas shared by the Sunni, Shia, and Sufi sects, as well as the differences among them, providing Western readers with a clear, objective perspective on the current conflicts within the Muslim world as well as their global repercussions.

Biographie de l'auteur

TARIF KHALIDI is Sheikh Zayed Chair in Islamic and Arabic Studies at the American University in Beirut. He is the author of The Muslim Jesus, and was previously Sir Thomas Adams’s Professor of Arabic, director of the Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, and a fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. Born in Jerusalem, he now lives in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Éditeur
Harmony Books
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0385518161
ISBN 13 
9780385518161
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
342
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Personne responsable
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