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Why and under what circumstances did the religion of Islam emerge in a remote part of Arabia at the beginning of the seventh century? Traditional scholarship maintains that Islam developed in opposition to the idolatrous and polytheistic religion of the Arabs of Mecca and the surrounding regions. In this study of pre-Islamic Arabian religion, G. R. Hawting adopts a comparative religious perspective to suggest an alternative view. By examining the various bodies of evidence which survive from this period, the Koran and the vast resources of the Islamic tradition, the author argues that in fact Islam arose out of conflict with other monotheists whose beliefs and practices were judged to fall short of true monotheism and were, in consequence, attacked polemically as idolatry. The author is adept at unravelling the complexities of the source material, and students and scholars will find his argument both engaging and persuasive.
Islam --- Idolatry. --- Civilization, Arab. --- Arab civilization --- Civilization, Semitic --- Islamic civilization --- Idols and images --- Origin. --- Worship --- Civilization, Arab --- Idolatry --- Origin --- Idolâtrie --- Civilisation arabe --- Origines --- Arts and Humanities --- History
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Aesthetics, Arab --- Civilization, Arab. --- Islamic civilization --- Esthétique arabe --- Civilisation arabe --- Civilisation islamique --- Aesthetics, Arab. --- Islamic civilization. --- Civilization, Arab --- Civilization, Islamic --- Muslim civilization --- Civilization --- Arab civilization --- Civilization, Semitic --- Arab aesthetics
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George Makdisi has brought together six of the most distinguished scholars in the field to explore the religion and culture of medieval Islam. This is an original and stimulating exchange. Makdisi's introductory essay focuses on the interaction between religion and culture in classical Islam and Christendom, Merlin Swartz analyses the homilies of Ibn al-Jawazi, Irfan Shahid considers the implications of the Arabic character of the Koran, George Saliba assesses Ash'arite thought in astrology and astronomy, Roger Arnaldez reflects on the religious cultures of medieval Islam, and Mahmoud Ayoub draws together the common historic threads of Muslim-Jewish and Muslim-Christian popular worship. W. Montgomery Watt concludes the volume by addressing the question of the future of Islam, posing a parallel with the Judaic reaction to Hellenistic culture.
Islam --- History of civilization --- Civilization, Islamic --- Muslim civilization --- Civilization --- Civilization, Arab --- Civilization, Islamic. --- Islamic civilization. --- Islamic civilization
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Presents data about Anglo-Islamic social and historical interactions. This book provides a unique direction in the study of England's geographic imagination. It illuminates the subtleties and interchangeability of stereotype, racism, and demonization that must be taken into account in any depiction of English history.
Africa, North --- Great Britain --- Middle East --- Afrique du Nord --- Grande-Bretagne --- Moyen-Orient --- Relations --- History --- Histoire --- Indians --- First contact with Europeans. --- Islamic civilization --- Public opinion --- Foreign public opinion, British. --- Africa [North ] --- 1517-1882 --- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 --- Stuarts, 1603-1714 --- First contact with Europeans --- 1517 --- -Middle East - Relations - Great Britain. --- Great Britain - Relations - Middle East. --- Africa, North - Relations - Great Britain. --- Great Britain - Relations - Africa, North. --- Middle East - History - 1517 --- -Middle East --- -Africa, North --- -Indians --- Civilization, Islamic --- Muslim civilization --- Civilization --- Civilization, Arab --- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners --- Foreign public opinion, British --- Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib --- North Africa --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Islam --- History of civilization --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- First contact (Anthropology) --- -Islam --- Indians - First contact with Europeans. --- Middle East - Relations - Great Britain. --- -Africa, North - History - 1517-1882. --- Great Britain - History - Elizabeth, 1558-1603. --- Great Britain - History - Stuarts, 1603-1714. --- Middle East - History - 1517-
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