03392cam a22003494a 4500 16000426 AUA.1 20151125115109.0 091130s2011 njua b 001 0 eng 2009050144 9780138144777 (alk. paper) 013814477X (alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC BP 161.2 .D46 2011 297 22 Denny, Frederick Mathewson. 37256 An introduction to Islam / Frederick Mathewson Denny. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. xii, 420 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-401) and index. Contents: Part 1: Religion and common life in the pre-Islamic Near East. Early civilizations and the origins of Judaism and Christianity ; Pre-Islamic Arabia : beliefs, values, way of life -- Part 2: The coming of Islam : the prophet, his people, and God's religion. Muhammad and the early Muslim community ; The Arab conquests and Islamic rule : the stuggle for a unified Umma -- Part 3: The Islamic religious system. The basic beliefs and worship practices of Islam ; The nature and function of the Qur'an ; The prophet's Sunna as preserved in the Ḥadīth ; Muslim creeds and theologies : their purposes and varieties ; Law and the state in classical Islamic formulations -- Part 4: The Sufi way of mysticism and fellowship. Islamic mysticism and the disciplines of exoteric piety ; Masters and disciples : the forms and functions of Sufi orders -- Part 5: Patterns of Islamic personal and communal life. The Islamic life cycle and the family ; Ideals and realities of Islamic community life -- Part 6: Islam in the modern world. Major movements and trends in renewal and reform ; Three forms of Islamic revival : "fundamentalism," feminism, and establishing the Umma in North America ; Whither Islam and the Muslims? Progressive Muslims with a vision of an "Islam without borders" -- Summary: "An Introduction to Islam, Fourth Edition, provides students with a thorough, unified and topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. In addition, the author's extensive field work, experience, and scholarship combined with his engaging writing style and passion for the subject also sets his text apart. An Introduction to Islam, places Islam within a cultural, political, social, and religious context, and examines its connections with Judeo-Christian morals. Its integration of the doctrinal and devotional elements of Islam enables readers to see how Muslims think and live -- engendering understanding and breaking down stereotypes." Islam. 37257 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BP 161.2 .D46 2011 10370 10370 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2013-06-06 Bought by JTL 63.00 AUA013527 2 BP 161.2 .D46 2011 AUA013527 2024-05-27 11:24:11 2024-05-19 63.00 2013-06-06 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2013-06-06 Bought by JTL 63.00 AUA013528 5 BP 161.2 .D46 2011 AUA013528 2026-09-24 2026-08-27 16:49:00 2026-08-27 2 63.00 2013-06-06 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2017-06-15 Bought by JTL 63.00 AUA21622 BP 161.2 .D46 2011 AUA21622 2017-06-15 00:00:00 3 63.00 2017-06-15 BOOK