On Understanding Islam: Selected Studies

Wilfred C. Smith

Published by De Gruyter 1981

On Understanding Islam

Selected Studies

Wilfred C. Smith

Volume 19 in the series Religion and Reason

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110825800

Contents

i-iv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
General Editor’s Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
General Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
PART ONE: General Presentations
1. Islamic History as a Concept Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. The Shahādah as Symbolic Representation of Muslims’ Faith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
PART TWO: Specific Presentations
3. The Historical Development in Islām of the Concept of Islām as an Historical Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. Islamic Law: Its ‘Sources’ (Uṣūl al-fiqh) and Ijtihād Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5. Islamic Law: Sharīʿah and Sharʿ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
6. Faith, in the Qur’ān; and its Relation to Belief Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
7. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Taṣdīq Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
8. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Arkān Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
PART THREE: Islam in the Indian Context; and Muslim-Hindu Relations
9. The Crystallization of Religious Communities in Mughul India Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
10. The ʿUlamā̕ in Indian Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
11: Aligarh and Religion: A Question Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
12. Religious Diversity: Muslim–Hindū Relations in India Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
PART FOUR: Muslim–Christian Relations
13. Some Similarities and Some Differences Between Christianity and Islām Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
14. Muslim–Christian Interrelations Historically: An Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
15. Muslim and Christian: Faith Convergence, Belief Divergence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
16. Is the Qur’ān the Word of God? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	282
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Publications of Wilfred Cantwell Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Selective Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2012
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 351

eBook

Published: February 13, 2012
ISBN: 9783110825800

Hardcover

Published: June 1, 1981
ISBN: 9789027934482