{"product_id":"muslims-9781138219687","title":"Muslims","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular, the Qur?an and perceptions of the Prophet Mu?ammad, and traces the ways in which these ideas have interacted to influence Islam's path to the present. Combining core source materials with coverage of current scholarship and of recent events in the Islamic world, Bernheimer and Rippin introduce this hugely significant religion, including alternative visions of Islam found in Shi'ism and Sufism, in a succinct, challenging, and refreshing way. The improved and expanded fifth edition is updated throughout and includes new textboxes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith detailed illustrations and a new companion website, \u003ci\u003eMuslims \u003c\/i\u003eis the ideal introduction for students who wish to explore the key issues of Muslims, from the Qur?an to Islamic feminism, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMuslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices\u003c\/em\u003e provides an authoritative overview to both historical and contemporary issues when it comes to how Muslims have understood, interpreted and applied Islam. By its emphasis on complexity, source criticism and internal variations, the book provides a nuanced description that explains past and present developments, as well as dividing lines among Muslims. In this edition, Teresa Bernheimer has carefully revised and updated the late professor Andrew Rippin’s earlier editions. By addressing contemporary affairs and how Muslims are perceived in the twenty-first century, this book provides a user-friendly introduction to the study of Islam and its fascinating, but also very complex history.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGöran Larsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This fifth edition of \u003ci\u003eMuslims\u003c\/i\u003e continues to stand out due to its comprehensive coverage, critical historical perspective and attention to the dynamics of religious identity construction. It is gratifying to see the author’s legacy continue. Just the right amount of challenge for undergraduate students.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eF. Volker Greifenhagen, Luther College, University of Regina, Canada.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book remains a valuable and unmatched contribution to the field, with chapters that offer thematic, chronologically-based overviews of the key developments in the faith, scholarship, and practice of Islam. It offers highly readable prose and substantive, probing coverage of key issues from medieval to contemporary times. Undergraduates will find it challenging but eye opening, graduate students and the interested general reader will find it thought-provoking and insightful, and even experts in the field will find their knowledge enhanced and amplified. A tour de force.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea L. Stanton, University of Denver, USA.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This textbook, while academic, remains respectful in tone, yet thoughtful in the issues raised throughout. It seems that the primary pedagogical purpose of Muslims is not only to inform, but to stimulate critical and reflective thinking, not only on questions of approach and method, but also on issues that are alive and well—and also alive and dangerous—in the contemporary situation today.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Buck, \u003cem\u003eReading Religion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the fifth edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Formative elements of classical Islam \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1 Prehistory \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 2 The Qurān \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 3 Muḥammad \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Emergence of Islamic identity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 4 Political action and theory \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 5 Theological exposition \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 6 Legal developments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 7 Ritual practice \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Alternative visions of classical Islamic identity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 8 The Shī a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 9 Ṣūfī devotion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Consolidation of Islamic identity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Intellectual culture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Medieval visions of Islam \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V: Modern visions of Islam \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Describing modernity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Muḥammad and modernity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 The Qurān and modernity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Issues of identity: ritual and politics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart VI: Re-visioning Islam \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Women, intellectuals, and other challenges \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Perceptions of Muslims in the twenty-first century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Qurʾān citations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866434875735,"sku":"9781138219687","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138219687.jpg?v=1722278635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/muslims-9781138219687","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}