Islam, the future of the tradition
Subtitle: between revolution and westernization
By: Charles Saint-Prot ; translated by Eirlys Edwina Davies ; with notes by Abdullah ibn Abdul Rahman al Rabi'i, Mohammed ibn Abdullah al Faleh
Publisher: King Abdulaziz Public Library
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Riyadh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9786038019597
Subjects: Islam; History; Muslims; Islamic civilization; Salafīyah; Islamic modernism; Islamic renewal; Islamic fundamentalism
Work titles: Islam, l'avenir de la tradition
Description: "This work features an introduction and three main sections: The first section addresses orthodox tradition (salafism) from the time of Prophet Mohammed to the 18th century. The second section discusses the figure who revived the call of salafism, Shaikh Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab, the spread of his call for religious rectification, and the establishment of the First Saudi State. The thrid and final section considers the place of salafism in the miodern world. It surveys the accomplishments of salafism - past, present, and future - and the nature of the differing positions among the various Islamic shools of thought."--Foreword.
Notes: Translation of: Islam, l'avenir de la tradition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-521).