Diversity and pluralism in Islam : historical and contemporary discourses amongst Muslims /
For more than fourteen hundred years Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. This divergence encompasses such matters as authority; ritual practice; political power; law and governance; civic life; and the form and content of individual and communal expression...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London :
I B Tauris & Co Ltd.,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | For more than fourteen hundred years Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. This divergence encompasses such matters as authority; ritual practice; political power; law and governance; civic life; and the form and content of individual and communal expressions of their faith. Over the centuries Muslims have regularly debated these issues amongst themselves. However, despite the remarkable diversity of the Islamic tradition, and the plurality of understandings about Islam, Muslims are regularly and erroneously portrayed as internally homogeneous and dogmatic. This important book challenges such propositions by examining the ways in which matters of common concern to Muslims have been discussed by them and examined. The volume explores the processes by which Muslims construct notions of the self, the other and community, and addresses the socio-cultural tools that they employ in so doing. Offering contributions by world-class scholars, "Diversity and Pluralism in Islam" applies insights from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, literature, political theory, comparative literature and Islamic studies. It will be of extensive interest to scholars and students in these fields, as well as to all those with a serious interest in Muslim societies and cultures. -- Publisher description |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 253 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441676320 1441676325 9786000043674 6000043678 9780857712165 0857712160 1282881825 9781282881822 9786612881824 6612881828 9780755655311 0755655311 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9780755655311 |