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Approaches to Islam in Religious Studies by Charles J. Adams (2001, Trade Paperback)

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Language: English. Number of Pages: 256. Weight: 0.88 lbs. Publication Date: 2001-03-01. Publisher: ONEWorld Publications.

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PublisherOne World Publications

ISBN-101851682686

ISBN-139781851682683

eBay Product ID (ePID)1968488

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Number of Pages243 Pages

Publication NameApproaches to Islam in Religious Studies

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

SubjectIslam / General

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorCharles J. Adams

Subject AreaReligion

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.4 Oz

Item Length6 in

Item Width9 in

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Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews'Virtually no one else has even considered such a vast but essential undertaking. It goes beyond existing works on almost every score.' Bruce B. Lawrence, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Professor of Religion, Duke University

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal297/.071

Table Of ContentForeward by Charles J. Adams Preface Part One - Scripture and Prophet Part Two - Ritual and Community Part Three - Religion and Society Part Four - Scholarship and Interpretation Part Five - Challenge and Criticism Part Six - Reference Manual

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisBased on a symposium on the theme 'Islam and the History of Religions,' this important work features thoughtful essays on the study of Islam., Based on a symposium on the theme "Islam and the History of Religions," this important work features thoughtful essays on the study of Islam. On its publication in 1985, this text influenced the transition of Islamic studies from Orientalism and area studies to religious studies, and is now republished in the Oneworld Classics in Religious Studies series. Organized around five themes in religious studies, the scholars in this volume call for an increase in the attention given to Islam as part of religious studies and for greater clarity in our understanding both of Islam and of religion in terms of Islam. They urge creative adaptation and application of history of religions methods to different fields of Islamic religious data, including textual, social-historical, and ritual-symbolical. Constructive criticism of long-accepted approaches to the study of Islam and attempts to apply the methods of other disciplines to Islamic religious data are here presented in the interest of bringing about change and improvement in the study of Islam as a religion., Based on a symposium on the theme 'Islam and the History of Religions', this important work features thoughtful essays on the study of Islam. In essays organized around five themes in religious studies, the scholars in this volume call for an increase in the attention given to Islam as part of religious studies and for greater clarity in our understanding both of Islam and of religion in terms of Islam. Influential and powerful, when first published in 1985, this text helped bring about the transition of Islamic studies from Orientalism and area studies to religious studies., Based on a symposium on the theme Islam and the History of Religions, this important work features thoughtful essays on the study of Islam. On its publication in 1985, this text influenced the transition of Islamic studies from Orientalism and area studies to religious studies, and is now republished in the Oneworld Classics in Religious Studies series.