On understanding islam : selected studies /

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Main Authors: Smith, Wilfred C.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: De Gruyter Mouton,
Publisher Address: Berlin ;Boston :
Publication Dates: [2012]
©1981
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Religion and reason ; 19
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110825800
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Carrier Form: 1 online resource (351pages).
ISBN: 9783110825800
Index Number: BP25
CLC: B96
Contents: Frontmatter --
General Editor s Preface --
Preface --
Contents --
General Introduction --
PART ONE: General Presentations --
1. Islamic History as a Concept --
2. The Shah dah as Symbolic Representation of Muslims Faith --
PART TWO: Specific Presentations --
3. The Historical Development in Isl m of the Concept of Isl m as an Historical Development --
4. Islamic Law: Its Sources (U l al-fiqh) and Ijtih d --
5. Islamic Law: Shar ah and Shar --
6. Faith, in the Qur n; and its Relation to Belief --
7. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Ta d q --
8. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Ark n --
PART THREE: Islam in the Indian Context; and Muslim-Hindu Relations --
9. The Crystallization of Religious Communities in Mughul India --
10. The Ulam in Indian Politics --
11: Aligarh and Religion: A Question --
12. Religious Diversity: Muslim Hind Relations in India --
PART FOUR: Muslim Christian Relations --
13. Some Similarities and Some Differences Between Christianity and Isl m --
14. Muslim Christian Interrelations Historically: An Interpretation --
15. Muslim and Christian: Faith Convergence, Belief Divergence --
16. Is the Qur n the Word of God? --
Notes --
Publications of Wilfred Cantwell Smith --
Selective Index