Understanding Islam - Couverture souple

Yaran, Cafer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1903765307 ISBN 13 : 9781903765302

Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Islam can be one of the most misunderstood religions. For some people, it is a religion of war, whilst for the others it is a religion of peace; as the literal translation of Islam into English indicates. So there is a great need for an academic and sympathetic understanding of Islam. The author introduces Islam in its many dimensions covering the main historical, theological, practical, ethical, spiritual, social, and global themes. The bed-rock of Islam is the unity of God based on the Qur'anic revelation. But on this foundation a wide diversity of approaches and understandings have been built, ranging from the theological, philosophical, and Sufistic to the fundamentalist, traditionalist, modernist and post-modernist of recent times. In this book, however, Islam is presented from a mainstream and moderate perspective.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Professor Cafer S Yaran is Vice-Dean of the Philosophy Department of the University of Istanbul

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liverpool University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903765307
• ISBN 13: 9781903765302
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 113
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible