| Islam Contributor(s): Rahman, Fazlur (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226702812 ISBN-13: 9780226702810 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1979 Annotation: A new foreword, by John E. Woods, offers a reappraisal of Rahman's life and thought after the events of fall 2001. This incisive, surprisingly comprehensive volume is both a history and an analysis of Islam: from Mohammed's time to the late twentieth century, Rahman traces the development of Islam as a religion and as an intellectual tradition, offering both an easily understood introduction to the faith and an impassioned argument for its future direction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 297 |
| LCCN: 78068547 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.14" (0.91 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fazlur Rahman's Islam is aptly titled, in that this slim volume constitutes an incisive and surprisingly comprehensive history and analysis of Islam--its history, its conflicts, its legacy--and its prospects. From Mohammed to the late twentieth century, Rahman traces the development of Islam as a religion and, more importantly, as an intellectual tradition, offering both an easily understood introduction to the faith and an impassioned argument for its future direction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rahman, Fazlur: - Fazlur Rahman (1919-1988) was the Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Islamic Thought at the University of Chicago. He also taught at Durham University, McGill University, and UCLA. At Chicago he was instrumental in building the Near Eastern Studies program. |