Islam : : Between Message and History / / Abdou Filali-Ansary, David Bond, Abdelmadjid Charfi, Sikeena Karmali Ahmed.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Charfi, Abdelmadjid,; Filali-Ansary, Abdou,; Karmali Ahmed, Sikeena,
• MitwirkendeR: Abdeljelil, Moncef Ben,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers : ITMMT
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim CivilisationsGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748639670);This book could easily be called 'A Guide for the Modern Muslim', for someone to whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a stultified education. Charfi spells out what, for him, is the essential message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through the person of the Prophet Muhammad, who was a visionary seeking to change the ideals, attitudes and behaviours of the society in which he lived. The message and its history are delineated as two separate things, conflated by tradition. Charfi's reflections cross those horizons where few Muslim scholars have dared until now to tread. He confronts with great lucidity those difficult questions with which Muslims are struggling, attempting to reconsider them from a moral and political perspective that is independent of the frameworks produced by tradition."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One. Characteristics of the Message of Muhammad -- 1 History and Theory -- 2 The Preaching of Muhammad -- 3 Distinctive Characteristics of Muhammad’s Message -- 4 Legislation -- 5 The Seal of Prophecy -- Part Two The Message in History -- Introduction -- 1 The Prophet’s Successors -- 2 Institutionalised Islam -- 3 The Elaboration of Institutional Theory -- Notes -- Index