| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
World of Islam: a brief historical survey / Heribert Busse -- Sunni Islam / Bernd Radtke -- Shi'i Islam / Werner Ende -- Revivalist movements in Islam from the eighteenth to the twentieth century and the role of Islam in modern history: anticolonialism and nationalism / Rudolph Peters -- Distribution of Muslims throughout the world: figures and information on the present situation / Peter Heine and Riem Spielhaus -- Intra-Islamic discussion on a modern economic and social system / Johannes Reissner -- Islamic economics in practice: interest-free financial management / Volker Nienhaus -- Developments in law / Hans-Georg Ebert -- Status of Islam and Islamic law in selected countries -- Islamic Diaspora: Europe and America -- Discussion within Islam on secularism, democracy, and human rights / Alexander Flores -- Situation of women in Islamic countries / Wiebke Walther -- Islamist groups and movements / Guid Steinberg and Jan-Peter Hartung -- Mystical brotherhoods and popular Islam / Frederick De Jong -- Sects and social groups / Werner Schmucker -- Islam and non-Islamic minorities / Johanna Pink -- International Islamic organizations / Johannes Reissner -- "Orientalistics" and Orientalism / Reinhard Schulze -- Islam and cultural self-assertion / Rotraud Wielandt -- Islam and local traditions / Olaf Schumanm and Lode Frank Brakel -- Is there an Islamic linguistic sphere? / Otto Jastrow -- Islam reflected in the contemporary literature of Muslim peoples / Johann Cristoph Bürgell -- Contemporary painting and graphic art in the Islamic world / Peter Heine -- Contemporary "Islamic" architecture and representational art / Mohamed Scharabi |
| Summary |
Considered the most authoritative single-volume reference work on Islam in the contemporary world, the German-language Der Islam in der Gegenwart, currently in its fifth edition, offers a wealth of authoritative information on the religious, political, social, and cultural life of Islamic nations and of Islamic immigrant communities elsewhere. Now, Cornell University Press is making this invaluable resource accessible to English-language readers. More current than the latest German edition on which it is based, Islam in the World Today covers a comprehensive array of topics in concise essays by some of the world's leading experts on Islam, including:" the history of Islam from the earliest years through the twentieth century, with particular attention to Sunni and Shi'i Islam and Islamic revival movements during the last three centuries;" data on the advance of Islam along with current population statistics;" Muslim ideas on modern economics, on social order, and on attempts to modernize Islamic law (shari'a) and apply it in contemporary Muslim societies;" Islam in diaspora, especially the situation in Europe and America;" secularism, democracy, and human rights; and" women in Islam Twenty-four essays are each devoted to a specific Muslim country or a country with significant Muslim minorities, spanning Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union. Additional essays illuminate Islamic culture, exploring local traditions; the languages and dialects of Muslim peoples; and art, architecture, and literature. Detailed bibliographies and indexes ensure the book's usefulness as a reference work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Translated from the German |
| Subject |
Islam -- 20th century.
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Islam -- 21st century.
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Islam -- History.
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Islam and state.
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Islamic civilization.
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Islam -- 1800-
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Islam
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Islam and state
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Islamic civilization
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ende, Werner, 1937- editor.
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Steinbach, Udo, editor.
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| LC no. |
2019720234 |
| ISBN |
9780801464898 |
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0801464897 |
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0801464838 |
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9780801464836 |
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