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An Introduction to Islam » (REV)

Authors: David Waines
ISBN-13: 9780521539067, ISBN-10: 0521539064
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: REV

David Waines is Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University.

Revised and updated edition of Waines' wide-ranging account of the history and theology of Islam.

	List of plates
	Preface and Acknowledgments
	Map
	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Foundations	5
1	"There is no god but Allah..."	7
2	Tradition in the making	33
Pt. 2	Islamic Teaching and Practice	61
3	Divine will and the law	63
4	Theology: faith, justice, and last things	103
5	The way of the Sufi	133
6	The way of the Imams	155
Pt. 3	Islam in the Modern World	173
7	The heartlands and beyond	175
8	Issues in contemporary Islam	211
	Excursus on Islamic origins	298
	Glossary	313
	Notes	323
	Further reading	338
	Index	350