{"product_id":"a-new-introduction-to-islam-paperback-softback-9781118953464","title":"A New Introduction to Islam (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118953464","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA New Introduction to Islam\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel W. Brown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118953464, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCovering the origins, key features, and legacy of the Islamic tradition, the third edition of \u003ci\u003eA New Introduction to Islam\u003c\/i\u003e includes new material on Islam in the 21st century and discussions of the impact of historical ideas, literature, and movements on contemporary trends.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes updated and rewritten chapters on the Qur’an and hadith literature that covers important new academic research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompares the practice of Islam in different Islamic countries, as well as acknowledging the differences within Islam as practiced in Europe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures study questions for each chapter and more illustrative material, charts, and excerpts from primary sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Formation of the Islamic Tradition \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Islam in Global Perspective 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Defining Islam 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMapping the Islamic World 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArabs and Non-Arabs 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSunnis and Shiʿites 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslamic Ritual 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat to Expect from This Book 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssential Resources for the Study of Islam 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Arabia 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeography 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePre-Islamic Poetry 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArab Religion 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in Pre-Islamic Arabia 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMecca and the Quraysh 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gifts of the Arabs 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Pre-Islamic Near East 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristianity in the Near East 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSaints and Relics 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZoroastrianism 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJudaism 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManichaeism 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMazdak 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Place of the Arabs in the Near East 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology of the Near East of Late Antiquity 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Life of Muhammad 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue and Setting 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBirth and Childhood 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Adulthood 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginning of Revelation 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpposition 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Night Journey and Ascent to Heaven 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Hijra 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Battle of Badr 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfrontation with the Jews of Medina 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Battle of Uh. ud 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Peace of al-H. udaybiya and the Farewell Pilgrimage 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvaluation 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Qur ʾan 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Qurʾan in Modern Imagination 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe History of the Text 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Language of the Qurʾan 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Context of the Qurʾan 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesus in the Qurʾan 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Qurʾan in Muslim Piety 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eternity of the Qurʾan 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Inimitability of the Qurʾan 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpreting the Qurʾan 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral Themes 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQurʾanic Narratives 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQurʾanic Law and the Problem of Abrogation 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and Gender in the Qurʾan 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQurʾan, Sīra, and Hadith 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Tradition Literature 103\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Science of Hadith 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of the Hadith 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Quest of the Historical Muhammad 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sīra and the Shaping of an Islamic Worldview 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Expansion of Islam \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Conquests 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychological Impact 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArcheological Data: The “Invisible” Conquests 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Religion of Empire 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Arab Administration 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConversion to Islam 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeadership 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Civil War 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Martyrdom of Ḥusayn 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deputy of God 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonal Piety 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dome of the Rock 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Constitution of Medina 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Caliphate 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIbn al-Muqaffaʿ 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shiʿite Vision 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ʿAbbasids 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwelvers 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsmāʿīlīs 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNizārī “Assassins” 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKharijites 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sasanian Revival 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Māwardī and the Sunni Compromise 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Islamic Institutions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Islamic Law 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coffee Debate 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRevelation and Reason 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQiyās 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Schools of Law 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslamic Law and the State 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIjmāʿ 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Uṣūl al-Fiqh 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Substance of the Law 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRitual Purity 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs of Worship 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarriage and Divorce 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of Islamic Law 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Shāfiʿī and Islamic Legal Theory 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Islamic Theology and Philosophy 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom and Determinism 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGod’s Attributes 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropomorphism 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFaith and Works 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeadership 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sunni Consensus 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAḥmad ibn Ḥanbal 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Ashʿarī 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKalām 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Māturīdī and other Alternatives to Ashʿarite Kalām 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJewish and Christian Influences 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Challenge of Philosophy 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProphecy and Revelation in Islamic Philosophy 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophy and Mysticism 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Sufism 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Parliament of Birds 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStages on the Path 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spiritual Master 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufi Brotherhoods 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufi Ritual 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Destination 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufi Cosmology 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufism in History: The Case of al-Ḥallāj 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginnings to the Tenth Century 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassical Manuals and the Growth of Ṭarīqas 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Crisis and Renewal in Islamic History \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Saljūqs 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Ghazālī and the Sunni Revival 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlave Soldiers 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crusades 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mongols 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of the Mongol Invasions 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Revival and Reform 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of European Power 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Religious Environment 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ʿUlamāʾ 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufi Reformers 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wahhabi Movement 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Islam and the West 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNapoleon’s Invasion of Egypt 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Birth of Orientalism 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJihad Movements 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Afghānī 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSayyid Ahmad Khan and Aligarh 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Further Study 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions for Study and Discussion 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 The Turbulent Twentieth Century 291\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Abolition of the Caliphate 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalism 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecularism 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRashīd Riḍā and al-Manār 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Muslim Brotherhood 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJihad and Martyrdom 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Shariʿa to Secular Law and Back 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Qurʾan Interpretation 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Problem of Sunna 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIjtihād and Ijmāʿ 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Kalām? 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuhammad ʿAbdūh 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuhammad Iqbal 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufism and Modernity 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Modernist Moment 314\u003c\/p\u003e 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