Islam in retrospect
Subtitle: recovering the message
By: by Maher S. Mahmassani
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Pub. Group; Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.; Olive Branch Pr
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 793
ISBN-13: 9781566569224
Subjects: Islam; Essence, genius, nature; Universality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-788) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Islam did not appear in a vacuum; title: 2. The holy Qur'an as the essential source of Islam; title: 3. The nature and role of prophetic tradition; title: 4. The scope of the universal nature of Islam: issues of interpretation; title: 5. Defining secularism; title: 6. Divine governance and human government; title: 7. The evolution of the Islamic state; title: 8. Islam and the myth of a divine theory of state; title: 9. Islam and Shari'a; title: 10. Humanism and individualism in Islam; title: 11. The concept and scope of progressivism in Islam; title: 12. Islam and the mind; title: 13. Islam and "others"; title: 14. The right to equality; title: 15. The right to freedom; title: 16. Reflections on human rights in Islam; title: Conclusion: Recovering the message: reforming our perception of God; title: Notes; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Index.