: Jacques Waardenburg
: Islam Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110200942
: Religion and ReasonISSN
: 1
: CHF 133.20
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: English
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This book presents some twenty essays on different aspects of Islam in history and the present. These essays are grouped into eight larger sections. The first, 'The Beginnings', deals with the transition from pre-Islamic understandings and reason, an essential part of the Quranic message. The next two sections deal with Islam specifically as a religion with its particular signs and symbols. The question of rules of interpretation in Islam and its structural features is discussed here. Sections four and five deal with ethics in Islam, including Muslim identity and human rights, and certain social functions of Islam. Section six introduces some 19th and 20th century reform movements, with special attention given to developments in Saudi Arabia and the 'puritan' characteristics of present-day Islamic revival movements. The final two sections discuss contemporary issues: Islamization processes and policies, Islamic ideologies, the ideologization of Islam, and the political uses of religion. Throughout the book the author shows the links between the religious and other interpretations and uses made of Islam and the contexts in which they are made. The Introduction signals some important developments in Islamic studies since World War II.



ProfessorJacques aardenburg taught at the Universities of California (UCLA) and Utrecht (Netherlands) before holding the chair of Religionswissenschaft at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). 
Frontmatter1
Content9
Introduction17
Chapter 1. Changes in Belief and the Rise of Islam39
Chapter 2. Faith and Reason in the Argumentation of the Qur’ân61
Chapter 3. Islamic Attitudes to Signs77
Chapter 4. Islam Studied in the Perspective of Science of Religion89
Chapter 5. Official, Popular, and Normative Religion in Islam101
Chapter 6. Are there Hermeneutic Principles in Islam?127
Chapter 7. Some North African Intellectuals’ Presentations of Islam153
Chapter 8. Human Rights, Human Dignity, and Islam176
Chapter 9. Islamic Religious Tradition and Social Development205
Chapter 10. Islam’s Function as a Civil Religion226
Chapter 11. The Wahhâbîs in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Arabia245
Chapter 12. Saudi Arabia: The King and the Consul262
Chapter 13. Tsarist Russia and the Dutch East Indies289
Chapter 14. Puritan Patterns in Islamic Revival Movements303
Chapter 15. The Call (Da ³wa) of Islamic Movements319
Chapter 16. Ideologization in Present-Day Islam: An Exploration333
Chapter 17. The Rise of Islamic States353
Chapter 18. Islam as a Vehicle of Protest380
Chapter 19. Islam in Present-Day Muslim States403
Backmatter421