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Diversity and Pluralism in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Discourses Amongst Muslims
Zulfikar Hirji
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Hardback. For more than fourteen hundred years Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. This book challenges such propositions by examining the ways in which matters of common concern to Muslims have been discussed by them and examined. It is of interest to scholars and students in these fields. Editor(s): Hirji, Zulfikar. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJF1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
For more than fourteen hundred years Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. This divergence encompasses such matters as authority; ritual practice; political power; law and governance; civic life; and the form and content of individual and communal expressions of their faith. Over the centuries Muslims have regularly debated these issues amongst themselves. However, despite the remarkable diversity of the Islamic tradition, and the plurality of understandings about Islam, Muslims are regularly and erroneously portrayed as internally homogeneous and dogmatic. This important book challenges such propositions by examining the ways in which matters of common concern ... Read more
For more than fourteen hundred years Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. This divergence encompasses such matters as authority; ritual practice; political power; law and governance; civic life; and the form and content of individual and communal expressions of their faith. Over the centuries Muslims have regularly debated these issues amongst themselves. However, despite the remarkable diversity of the Islamic tradition, and the plurality of understandings about Islam, Muslims are regularly and erroneously portrayed as internally homogeneous and dogmatic. This important book challenges such propositions by examining the ways in which matters of common concern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848853027
SKU
V9781848853027
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About Zulfikar Hirji
Zulfikar A Hirji is Associate Professor of Anthropology at York University, Toronto. He is the co-author and co-editor of The Ismailis: An Illustrated History (2008) and co-editor of Places of Worship and Devotion in Muslim Societies (forthcoming, 2010). He also co-edits an academic series on the Indian Ocean.
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