國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

The history of Islamrevelation, reco...

Lovat, Terence.

The history of Islamrevelation, reconstruction or both? /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The history of Islamby Terence Lovat, Amir Moghadam.
Reminder of title:	revelation, reconstruction or both? /
Author:	Lovat, Terence.
other author:	Moghadam, Amir.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018.
Description:	viii, 89 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	IslamHistory.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67717-0
ISBN:	9783319677170$q(electronic bk.)

The history of Islamrevelation, reconstruction or both? /
Lovat, Terence.

The history of Islamrevelation, reconstruction or both? /[electronic resource] :by Terence Lovat, Amir Moghadam. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - viii, 89 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in religious studies,2510-5035. - SpringerBriefs in religious studies..

Chapter 1. The Conceptual Argument: Re-defining Religious Narrative -- Chapter 2. Methodological Foundations: Analysing Religious Narrative -- Chapter 3. The History as Islam's Inspirational Religious Narrative -- Chapter 4. Understanding The History through Updated Narrative Analysis -- Chapter 5. The History's Early Influence on Islam -- Chapter 6. Doing Justice to The History: The Effects of Narrative Literalism and its Opposite.

This book applies philosophical and critical textual scholarship to the traditional Islamic narrative in an attempt to distinguish between its historical and interpretive elements. It allows the narrative to be preserved with due respect for its significance and distinctiveness, but in a way that frees it from the ease with which it can slip into the hands of literalists and fundamentalists in order to serve a purpose which is at odds with its original spirit and intention. When radical Islamists use social media to try and convert young followers to a Jihadist cause, they refer often to the narrative about the Prophet, the original Islamic community (Ummah), and the holy book (Qur'an) The references usually imply that these are under threat by infidels, either non-Muslim Westerners or Muslims themselves who follow allegedly errant forms of Islam. The narrative itself is, however, never questioned; it is taken as merely factual with every word to be taken literally, including words that appear intolerant of difference and given to violence. As such, it can serve well the forms of fundamentalism that lie at the heart of radical Islamism and Jihadism. Because of a shortage of critical scholarship about Islam's central narrative, the radical Islamist understanding of it differs too little from that of mainstream Muslims. Neither tends to take sufficient account of the context of the writing, its original purpose or the many interpretive elements that have been overlain. This makes it difficult for mainstream Islamic authorities to counter effectively the radical Islamist discourse or to distinguish moderate and liberal forms of religious practice from radical breakaway forms. In turn, this causes confusion among Muslims, who know the radical Islamists are in error but find it hard to say just why, and even greater confusion and angst among non-Muslims, for whom the allegation that all of Islam is inherently violent and to be feared is clearly being heard by an increasing number. This book sets out to address this problem by applying forms of scholarship that can preserve the best of the Islamic narrative while, at the same time, illustrating just how errant is the radical Islamist understanding of it.

ISBN: 9783319677170$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-67717-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

228938
Islam
--History.

LC Class. No.: BP50 / .L68 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 297.09

The history of Islamrevelation, reconstruction or both? /
LDR:03711nmm a2200337 a 4500 001 528433
003 DE-He213
005 20180606091954.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 181024s2018 gw s 0 eng d
020 $a 9783319677170$q(electronic bk.)
020 $a 9783319677163$q(paper)
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-319-67717-0 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-319-67717-0
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a BP50 $b .L68 2018
072 7 $a HR $2 bicssc
072 7 $a JH $2 bicssc
072 7 $a SOC039000 $2 bisacsh
082 0 4 $a 297.09 $2 23
090 $a BP50 $b .L896 2018
100 1 $a Lovat, Terence. $3 489670
245 1 4 $a The history of Islam $h [electronic resource] : $b revelation, reconstruction or both? / $c by Terence Lovat, Amir Moghadam.
260 $a Cham : $b Springer International Publishing : $b Imprint: Springer, $c 2018.
300 $a viii, 89 p. : $b ill., digital ; $c 24 cm.
490 1 $a SpringerBriefs in religious studies, $x 2510-5035
505 0 $a Chapter 1. The Conceptual Argument: Re-defining Religious Narrative -- Chapter 2. Methodological Foundations: Analysing Religious Narrative -- Chapter 3. The History as Islam's Inspirational Religious Narrative -- Chapter 4. Understanding The History through Updated Narrative Analysis -- Chapter 5. The History's Early Influence on Islam -- Chapter 6. Doing Justice to The History: The Effects of Narrative Literalism and its Opposite.
520 $a This book applies philosophical and critical textual scholarship to the traditional Islamic narrative in an attempt to distinguish between its historical and interpretive elements. It allows the narrative to be preserved with due respect for its significance and distinctiveness, but in a way that frees it from the ease with which it can slip into the hands of literalists and fundamentalists in order to serve a purpose which is at odds with its original spirit and intention. When radical Islamists use social media to try and convert young followers to a Jihadist cause, they refer often to the narrative about the Prophet, the original Islamic community (Ummah), and the holy book (Qur'an) The references usually imply that these are under threat by infidels, either non-Muslim Westerners or Muslims themselves who follow allegedly errant forms of Islam. The narrative itself is, however, never questioned; it is taken as merely factual with every word to be taken literally, including words that appear intolerant of difference and given to violence. As such, it can serve well the forms of fundamentalism that lie at the heart of radical Islamism and Jihadism. Because of a shortage of critical scholarship about Islam's central narrative, the radical Islamist understanding of it differs too little from that of mainstream Muslims. Neither tends to take sufficient account of the context of the writing, its original purpose or the many interpretive elements that have been overlain. This makes it difficult for mainstream Islamic authorities to counter effectively the radical Islamist discourse or to distinguish moderate and liberal forms of religious practice from radical breakaway forms. In turn, this causes confusion among Muslims, who know the radical Islamists are in error but find it hard to say just why, and even greater confusion and angst among non-Muslims, for whom the allegation that all of Islam is inherently violent and to be feared is clearly being heard by an increasing number. This book sets out to address this problem by applying forms of scholarship that can preserve the best of the Islamic narrative while, at the same time, illustrating just how errant is the radical Islamist understanding of it.
650 0 $a Islam $x History. $3 228938
650 1 4 $a Social Sciences. $3 278901
650 2 4 $a Sociology of Religion. $3 740055
650 2 4 $a Islam. $3 213807
650 2 4 $a Religion and Education. $3 375784
700 1 $a Moghadam, Amir. $3 800828
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 273601
773 0 $t Springer eBooks
830 0 $a SpringerBriefs in religious studies. $3 683943
856 4 0 $u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67717-0
950 $a Social Sciences (Springer-41176)