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Viewing Islam : from text to context / edited by Peter G. Riddell. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Occasional papers in the study of Islam and other faiths ; no. 1/2 (2009/2010).Publication details: Wantirna : Melbourne School of Theology, Jan. 2017.; Wantirna, Victoria, Australia Melbourne School of Theology Press, (c)2016.Description: 202 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780987615404
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BP50 R53 2016.M517.V549 2016
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Contents:
The Development of Early Islam According to the Neo-Revisionists Daniel Janosik -- Jihad: What Does the Qur'an Really Say? / Bernie Power -- Fighting the Unbelievers: Various Perspecties on Qur'an 9:29 by Muslim Theologians Denis Savelyev -- The Kharijites John Kingsbury -- Greater and Lesser Jihad: Competing or Complementary Perspectives? / Peter Francis
The Vision for Pakistan: Muslim State or Islamic State? / John Bales -- A New Day for Islamist Politics in Modern Turkey Richard Duncalfe -- Issues Affecting the Relationship Between Islam and the State in Australia Richard Bath -- Is Islam Compatible with 21st Century Western Values and Ideals? / Theo Kalmbach -- Islamic Finance: A Poisoned Chalice? / Peter Riddell -- Muslim Women in Prayer Moyra Dale
Subject: The volume of works published about Islam has greatly multiplied since the terrorist attacks on US targets in September 2001. At first view there may appear to be an over-abundance of such studies, with the vast number of such works representing dramatically different points on an ideological spectrum.Scholarly red linesNevertheless, there are gaps in this vast literature. In the latter years of the first decade of the 21st century, major academic publishers have been increasingly reluctant to publish works that present critical views of Islam as core arguments. The more common output from academic publishers are the kinds of works that, while extremely valuable in many ways, tread very carefully in their portrayal of core dogmas of Islam, especially relating to scripture and prophet. https://www.amazon.com/Viewing-Islam-Context-Occasional-Papers/dp/0987615408/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9780987615404&qid=1563908722&s=books&sr=1-1
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2016 reprint, previously (Islam from text to context) published in 2010.

Columbia International University Faculty Author

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction (Peter Riddell)

Part One: Text -- The Development of Early Islam According to the Neo-Revisionists Daniel Janosik -- Jihad: What Does the Qur'an Really Say? / Bernie Power -- Fighting the Unbelievers: Various Perspecties on Qur'an 9:29 by Muslim Theologians Denis Savelyev -- The Kharijites John Kingsbury -- Greater and Lesser Jihad: Competing or Complementary Perspectives? / Peter Francis

Part Two: Context -- The Vision for Pakistan: Muslim State or Islamic State? / John Bales -- A New Day for Islamist Politics in Modern Turkey Richard Duncalfe -- Issues Affecting the Relationship Between Islam and the State in Australia Richard Bath -- Is Islam Compatible with 21st Century Western Values and Ideals? / Theo Kalmbach -- Islamic Finance: A Poisoned Chalice? / Peter Riddell -- Muslim Women in Prayer Moyra Dale

The volume of works published about Islam has greatly multiplied since the terrorist attacks on US targets in September 2001. At first view there may appear to be an over-abundance of such studies, with the vast number of such works representing dramatically different points on an ideological spectrum.Scholarly red linesNevertheless, there are gaps in this vast literature. In the latter years of the first decade of the 21st century, major academic publishers have been increasingly reluctant to publish works that present critical views of Islam as core arguments. The more common output from academic publishers are the kinds of works that, while extremely valuable in many ways, tread very carefully in their portrayal of core dogmas of Islam, especially relating to scripture and prophet.

https://www.amazon.com/Viewing-Islam-Context-Occasional-Papers/dp/0987615408/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9780987615404&qid=1563908722&s=books&sr=1-1

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