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The many faces of Islam : perspectives on a resurgent civilization / Nissim Rejwan [editor].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0813030978
  • 9780813030975
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Many faces of Islam.DDC classification:
  • 297 22
LOC classification:
  • BP163 .M363 2000eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.80
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Contents:
Table of Contents; Preface xi; 1. The Uniqueness of Islam 1; 2. The Islamic Establishment in Decline 33; 3. Islam and the Orientalists 58; 4. The Anthropologist's Approach 80; 5. Coping with Modernity 106; 6. Islam Misunderstood 133; 7. Islam and the Dhimmis 156; 8. Fundamentalism Strikes Back 180; 9. A Last-Ditch Stand 210; 10. Unity in Islamic Diversity 239; Notes 261; Index 267; Index of Readings 273; Credits 277
Summary: ''An evenhanded introduction to the questions and dilemmas facing Islam in the modern world. A wealth of source-texts by the best writers on the subject, Moslem and Western alike.''--Sasson Somekh, Tel Aviv University Written in a style easily accessible to both students and general readers, The Many Faces of Islam offers a wide range of perspectives on modern Islamic culture and religious practice.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)174243

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Table of Contents; Preface xi; 1. The Uniqueness of Islam 1; 2. The Islamic Establishment in Decline 33; 3. Islam and the Orientalists 58; 4. The Anthropologist's Approach 80; 5. Coping with Modernity 106; 6. Islam Misunderstood 133; 7. Islam and the Dhimmis 156; 8. Fundamentalism Strikes Back 180; 9. A Last-Ditch Stand 210; 10. Unity in Islamic Diversity 239; Notes 261; Index 267; Index of Readings 273; Credits 277

''An evenhanded introduction to the questions and dilemmas facing Islam in the modern world. A wealth of source-texts by the best writers on the subject, Moslem and Western alike.''--Sasson Somekh, Tel Aviv University Written in a style easily accessible to both students and general readers, The Many Faces of Islam offers a wide range of perspectives on modern Islamic culture and religious practice.