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.)

Table of Contents

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