What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic - Hardcover
by Shahab Ahmed
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691164182ISBN-10:691164185UPC:9780691164182Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Islam, Islamic StudiesSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 1.50 inchesWeight:2.2531Product ID:SC3ESC904Q
What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic
A bold new conceptualization of Islam that reflects its contradictions and rich diversity
What is Islam? How do we grasp a human and historical phenomenon characterized by such variety and contradiction? What is "Islamic" about Islamic philosophy or Islamic art? Should we speak of Islam or of islams? Should we distinguish the Islamic (the religious) from the Islamicate (the cultural)? Or should...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691164182ISBN-10:691164185UPC:9780691164182Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Islam, Islamic StudiesSize:9.30 x 6.40 x 1.50 inchesWeight:2.2531Product ID:SC3ESC904Q
Shahab Ahmed (1966-2015) was postdoctoral associate in the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University.
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