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Islam in Historical Perspective provides readers with an introduction to Islam, Islamic history and societies with carefully selected historical and scriptural evidence that enables them to form a comprehensive and balanced vision of Islam's rise and evolution across the centuries and up to the present day. Combining historical and chronological approaches, the book examines intellectual dialogues and socio-political struggles within the extraordinary rich Islamic tradition. Treating Islam as a social and political force, the book also addresses Muslim devotional practices, artistic creativity and the structures of everyday existence. Islam in Historical Perspective is designed to help readers to develop personal empathy for the subject by relating it to their own experiences and burning issues of today. It contains a wealth of historical anecdotes and quotations from original sources that are intended to emphasize its principal points in a memorable way.


This new edition features a thoroughly revised and updated text, new illustrations, expanded study questions and chapter summaries. Authoritatively written and astutely arranged, Islam in Historical Perspective provides a comprehensive, historically contextualized narrative of the development of the Islamic tradition from its origin to the present day. Erik S. Ohlander, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, USA





Praise for the first edition:





An intellectually stimulating, lucidly written work with excellent discussion questions at the end of each chapter. I look forward to assigning the second edition to my students. Dr Younus Mirza, Allegheny College, USA

Islam in Historical Perspective: International Student Edition

Preface





Acknowledgments





Note on Transliteration and Dates





1 Arabia: The Cradle of Islam





2 Muhammad and the Beginnings of Islam: The Making of the Muslim Community





3 After Muhammad: The Rightly Guided Caliphs and the Conquests





4 The Murder of 'Uthman, the Fitna Wars, and the Rise and Consolidation of the Umayyad Dynasty





5 The Principal Source of Islam: The Qur'an





6 The Prophetic Hadith and Sunna and the Emergence of the Shari'a





7 The Problem of the Just Ruler and the First Divisions Within the Community





8 The 'Abbasid Revolution and Beyond





9 Islamic Scholarship Under the 'Abbasids: The Rise and Development of the Schools of Law





10 Islamic Scholarship Under the 'Abbasids: Theological Debates and Schools of Thought





11 Twelver Shi'ism and Zaydism





12 Shi'ism as a Revolutionary Movement: The Isma'ilis





13 Ascetic and Mystical Movement in Islam: Sufism





14 Intellectual Struggles in Premodern Islam: Philosophy Versus Theology





15 Transmission and Conservation of Knowledge: 'Ulama' , Madrasas, and Sufi Lodges





16 The Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam: Islamic Life Cycle





17 Islamic Art and Religious Architecture (Mosque)





18 Women in Islamic Societies





19 Islam and the West





20 Islam in the Gunpowder Empires: The World of Islam Faces Modernity and European Colonialism





21 Renewal and Reform in Islam: The Emergence of Islamic Modernism and Reformism





22 Islam as a Political Force and Vehicle of Opposition





23 Islam Reinterpreted: Major Trends in Islamic Thought Today





24 The Ideology and Practice of Globalized Jihadism





Bibliography





Index