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Following Muhammad : rethinking Islam in the contemporary world / Carl W. Ernst.

By: Series: Islamic civilization & Muslim networksPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 244 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0807875805
  • 9780807875803
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Following Muhammad.DDC classification:
  • 303.48/21767101821 22
LOC classification:
  • BP161.3 .E76 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Islam in the eyes of the West -- Approaching Islam in terms of religion -- The sacred sources of Islam -- Ethics and life in the world -- Spirituality in practice -- Postscript: reimagining Islam in the twenty-first century.
Summary: Seeking to avoid the traps of sensational political expose and specialized scholarly Orientalism, this is an introduction to the profound spiritual resources of Islam. The author moves away from a Middle Eastern bias, addressing the pluralistic nature of Muslim societies and thought.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Islam in the eyes of the West -- Approaching Islam in terms of religion -- The sacred sources of Islam -- Ethics and life in the world -- Spirituality in practice -- Postscript: reimagining Islam in the twenty-first century.

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Seeking to avoid the traps of sensational political expose and specialized scholarly Orientalism, this is an introduction to the profound spiritual resources of Islam. The author moves away from a Middle Eastern bias, addressing the pluralistic nature of Muslim societies and thought.

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