Islam
Subtitle: Between Divine Message and History
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: May 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9789639241879
Subjects: Islam; Politics - Current Events; History; Politics / Current Events; Religion; General; Islam - General; Essence, genius, nature; Islam.; gtt
First sentence: The prophetic mission in a general sense can relatively easily be defined as a message that the prophet-messenger took upon himself to convey to his contemporaries and, through them, to a specific nation and to all humanity.
Description: "This work attempts to introduce the characteristics of the Mohammedan Mission, with the aspiration to be faithful to its essential purposes and to historical truth at the same time. The author thus illustrates the different ways in which people have understood the Mission and the reasons that led them to those various interpretations. The book presents several alternative interpretations that actually existed but did not enjoy widespread acceptance and popularity." "This book looks to the future, attempting to respond to the needs of those who are rapidly becoming integrated into modern life, and to the new generations aspiring to an Islamic thought adapted to these processes."--Jacket.