On Understanding Islam : : Selected Studies / / Wilfred C. Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Wilfred C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Other title: i-iv --; General Editor’s Preface --; Preface --; Contents --; General Introduction --; PART ONE: General Presentations --; 1. Islamic History as a Concept --; 2. The Shahādah as Symbolic Representation of Muslims’ Faith --; PART TWO: Specific Presentations --; 3. The Historical Development in Islām of the Concept of Islām as an Historical Development --; 4. Islamic Law: Its ‘Sources’ (Uṣūl al-fiqh) and Ijtihād --; 5. Islamic Law: Sharīʿah and Sharʿ --; 6. Faith, in the Qur’ān; and its Relation to Belief --; 7. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Taṣdīq --; 8. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Arkān --; PART THREE: Islam in the Indian Context; and Muslim-Hindu Relations --; 9. The Crystallization of Religious Communities in Mughul India --; 10. The ʿUlamā̕ in Indian Politics --; 11: Aligarh and Religion: A Question --; 12. Religious Diversity: Muslim–Hindū Relations in India --; PART FOUR: Muslim–Christian Relations --; 13. Some Similarities and Some Differences Between Christianity and Islām --; 14. Muslim–Christian Interrelations Historically: An Interpretation --; 15. Muslim and Christian: Faith Convergence, Belief Divergence --; 16. Is the Qur’ān the Word of God? --; Notes --; Publications of Wilfred Cantwell Smith --; Selective Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110825800; 9783110638103
• ISSN: 0080-0848
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110825800
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Wilfred C. Smith.