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Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
Bruce B. Lawrence
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Description for Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
Paperback. Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. This book demonstrates that these conceptions reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 map, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH; JFD; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. Shattering the Myth demonstrates that these conceptions more accurately reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam. Westerners are barraged by images of violence that usually originate from armed confrontations in one small corner of the world. Islam, Bruce Lawrence argues, is a complex, international religious system that cannot be reduced to stereotypes. As Lawrence demonstrates, Islam is a religion shaped as much by its own postulates and ... Read more
Islam is often portrayed, especially in Western media, as an alien, violent, hostile, and monolithic religion, whose adherents are intent upon battling nonbelievers throughout the world. Shattering the Myth demonstrates that these conceptions more accurately reflect the bias of Western reporters than they do the realities of contemporary Islam. Westerners are barraged by images of violence that usually originate from armed confrontations in one small corner of the world. Islam, Bruce Lawrence argues, is a complex, international religious system that cannot be reduced to stereotypes. As Lawrence demonstrates, Islam is a religion shaped as much by its own postulates and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691004877
SKU
V9780691004877
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About Bruce B. Lawrence
Bruce B. Lawrence is Professor of Islamic Studies and Chair of the Department of Religion at Duke University. The Past President of the American Society for the Study of Religion, he is the author of six books, including Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age, which won the 1990 prize for excellence in historical studies from the ... Read more
Reviews for Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)
"Bruce Lawrence's excellent analysis of Islam today brings together socioeconomic, historical, political, and religious elements, and sets these against the backdrop of global capitalism and high technology ... Shattering the Myth is an extremely well argued, well developed and well documented book that serves as a basis for further studies of Islam and the images held about it."
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