Studying Islam

The Critical Issues

AvClinton Bennett

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

This volume in the Studying World Religions series is an essential guide to the study of the Islamic faith. Clearly structured to cover all the major areas of study, including historical foundations, scripture, society, thought, ethics, rituals, spirituality and aesthetics, this is the ideal study aid for those approaching Islam for the first time. Rather than attempting to cover all the material, the critical and methodological issues that students need to grasp in the study of Islam - and religion in general - are drawn out, and the major contemporary debates explored. With helpful suggestions for further study, pointing students towards material such as primary sources (scriptures), films and novels and including ideas for teaching, discussion topics and exercises, Studying Islam is the perfect companion for the fledgling student of Islam.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-12-10
Mått:150 x 232 x 14 mm
Vikt:360 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studying World Religions
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826495501

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Islam inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Clinton Bennett is history and biography editor for the New World Encyclopedia and teaches Religious Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz, USA. His books include In Search of Muhammad (1998) and Muslims and Modernity (2005).

Recensioner i media

"Bennett provides an insightful and incisive analysis of trends in approaches to the teaching of Islam. He deal frankly with the problems that emerge with both the "faith sensitive" and the "critical" approaches and illustrates ways in which the positive elements of both trends can be integrated. Using an innovative structure mirroring a descriptive analysis of religion in human life, Bennett demonstrates how the study of Islam does not need to side with either polemic or apologetics and how it can and must integrate the tough questions that are asked today if it is to have intellectual rigour. This work provides a summary of scholarship on Islam that will be helpful to students in the development of their analytical tools and to teachers in their search for a classroom stance that is faithful to the principles of religious studies as an academic discipline." - Andrew Rippin, University of Victoria, Canada

Innehållsförteckning

Series Preface; Introduction: Studying Islam - Identifying Issues; 1 Seminal Personality and Scripture; 2 Community Dimension and Social Involvement; 3 Conceptual Framework and Ethics; 4 Rituals and Spirituality; 5 Aesthetics/Material Direction.