Islam
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Reconstructing the Variant Generation Process of Hadith
This monograph is dedicated to the analysis of hadiths for the purpose of reconstructing the process of variant generation. Medieval authors seemingly did not devote many pages to the question of textual variation, certainly because they had little interest in the question of how individual hadiths...
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Love in the Teachings of Ibn 'Arabi
This book aims to explore the theory of love in the writings of the Great Andalusian Sufi Sheikh, Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn 'Arabī (558-638/1165-1240). It begins by examining Divine and human love as found in the works of many Sufi masters that preceded Ibn 'Arabī, and then turns to the views of Ibn 'Arabī h...
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Exonerating the Distinguished Jurists
Abdul-Hakim al-Matroudi, Ahmad Ibn 'Abd al-Halim Ibn Taymiyyah
In Raf‘ al-Malām ‘an al-A'imma al-A'lām Ibn Taymiyya pursues the argument as to why a mujtahid might depart from directly acting upon textual evidences. This forms the basis of his discussion regarding the causes underlying disagreements found among Muslim scholars in general and their holding diffe...
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Muslim Identities
Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam (Second Edition) presents a fully updated introduction to the religion of Islam and the various social groups who define themselves as Muslim. Unlike other such works, it presents both insider and outsider accounts with the aim of striking a unique balance...
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Archaeology, Politics and Islamicate Cultural Heritage in Europe
Archaeology, Politics and Islamicate Cultural Heritage in Europe responds to the wishes of specialists in the history and archaeology of Islamicate societies in Europe to explore the integration of these societies into historical narratives. In order to deal with the multiple implications and wide r...
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Divine Covenant
Divine Covenant explores the Qur'anic concept of divine knowledge through scientific, theoretical paradigms - in particular natural law theory - and their relationship with seven Islamic scholarly disciplines: linguistics, hadith, politics, history, exegesis, jurisprudence, theology. By comparing sc...
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Somewhere between Islam and Judaism
One would think that the space between Islam and Judaism would prove fertile enough to engage in questions of social, religious, cultural, and intellectual interactions. Yet, for a variety of political reasons this is unfortunately rarely the case. In Somewhere Between Islam and Judaism, Hughes refl...
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Words of Experience
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Brannon M. Wheeler, Bruce B. Lawrence, Brannon Ingram, Ali Altaf Mian, Michael Muhammad Knight, Joy Laine, James W. Laine, Frederick S. Colby, Samah Choudhury, Katherine Pratt Ewing, Robert Rozehal, F. Canguzel Guner Zulfikar, Candace Mixon, Katherine Merriman, Carl W. Ernst
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Brannon M. Wheeler
Carl W. Ernst devoted his academic life to translating Islam, linguistically and culturally, typically within the intellectual context of religious studies. His work has focussed on how Islamic concepts have travelled across time and space and his influence on Islamic studies and religious studies i...
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Muslim Qur'anic Interpretation Today
This book takes a comprehensive look at the ways in which Muslims interpret the Qur'ān today and at the themes and structural conditions that shape their engagement with their sacred scripture. Muslim Qur'ānic interpretation Today includes boldly innovative approaches as well as staunchly traditiona...
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Muslims and Christians Debate Justice and Love
This book seeks to elucidate the concept of justice, not so much as it is expressed in law courts (retributive and procedural justice) or in state budgets (distributive justice), but as primary justice--what it means and how it can be grounded in the inalienable rights that each human being possesse...