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“barbara stowasser”

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  • Islamic Law and the Challenges of Modernity

    by Wael B. Hallaq, Nathan J. Brown, Adel Omar Sherif, Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Nadia Yakoob (Fragomen, Bernsen & Loewy), Amen Mir, Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Barbara Stowasser, Zeinab Abul-Magd, Lama Abu-Odeh, Amira El-Azhary Sonbol, Del Rey (US) ...
    Since Europeans first colonized Arab lands in the 19th century, they have been pressing to have the area's indigenous laws and legal systems accord with Western models. Although most Arab states now have national codes of law that reflect Western influence, fierce internal struggles continue over how to interpret Islamic law, particularly in the areas of gender and family. From different ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • The Day Begins at Sunset

    Perceptions of Time in the Islamic World

    by Barbara Freyer Stowasser ...
    The fullest account ever written of the fascinating nexus between Islam and Time, this is a major contribution to the wider history of ideas and religion. Night and day, and the twelve lunar months of the year, are'appointed times for the believing people'. Reading the sky for the prayers of the hour has thus for Muslims been a constant reminder of God's providence and power. In her absorbing and ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

  • Women in the Qur'an, Traditions, and Interpretation

    by Barbara Freyer Stowasser ...
    Islamic ideas about women and their role in society spark considerable debate both in the Western world and in the Islamic world itself. Despite the popular attention surrounding Middle Eastern attitudes toward women, there has been little systematic study of the statements regarding women in the Qur'an. Stowasser fills the void with this study on the women of Islamic sacred history. By telling ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

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  • A New Introduction to Islam

    by Daniel W. Brown ...
    Covering the origins, key features, and legacy of the Islamic tradition, the third edition of A New Introduction to Islam includes new material on Islam in the 21st century and discussions of the impact of historical ideas, literature, and movements on contemporary trends.Includes updated and rewritten chapters on the Qur’an and hadith literature that covers important new academic researchCompares ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • The Oxford History of Islam

    Edited by John L. Esposito ...
    Lavishly illustrated with over 300 pictures, including more than 200 in full color, The Oxford History of Islam offers the most wide-ranging and authoritative account available of the second largest--and fastest growing--religion in the world. John L. Esposito, Editor-in-Chief of the four-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, has gathered together sixteen leading scholars, both ... Read more

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  • Caesarean Moon Births

    Calculations, Moon Sighting, and the Prophetic Way

    by Hamza Yusuf ...
    Prior to the advent of electricity, every night held the possibility of a celestial light show. People in even the most urban environments were exposed to the awe and majesty of the heavens, which clearly “proclaim the glory of God.” The contemplation of the celestial orbs and their movements provided early man with the most direct connection to his Lord. In the Qur’anic story of Abraham, it is ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Following Muhammad

    Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World

    by Carl W. Ernst ...
    Series series Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
    Avoiding the traps of sensational political exposes and specialized scholarly Orientalism, Carl Ernst introduces readers to the profound spiritual resources of Islam while clarifying diversity and debate within the tradition. Framing his argument in terms of religious studies, Ernst describes how Protestant definitions of religion and anti-Muslim prejudice have affected views of Islam in Europe ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Genius of Islam

    How Muslims Made the Modern World

    by Bryn Barnard ...
    The Middle Ages were a period of tremendous cultural and scientific advancement in the Islamic Empire—ideas and inventions that shaped our world.Did you know that:• The numbers you use every day (Arabic numerals!) are a Muslim invention?• The marching band you hear at football games has its roots in the Middle East?• You are drinking orange juice at breakfast today thanks to Islamic farming ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Science and Islam (Icon Science)

    A History

    by Ehsan Masood ...
    Series series Icon Science
    Long before the European Enlightenment, scholars and researchers working from Samarkand in modern-day Uzbekistan to Cordoba in Spain advanced our knowledge of astronomy, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, medicine and philosophy.From Musa al-Khwarizmi who developed algebra in 9th century Baghdad to al-Jazari, a 13th-century Turkish engineer whose achievements include the crank, the camshaft and ... Read more

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  • Islam

    The Religion and the People

    by Bernard Lewis, Buntzie Churchill ...
    Praise for Bernard Lewis"For newcomers to the subject[el]Bernard Lewis is the man."TIME Magazine“The doyen of Middle Eastern studies."The New York Times“No one writes about Muslim history with greater authority, or intelligence, or literary charm.”British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper“Bernard Lewis has no living rival in his field.”... ... Read more

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  • Ibn Khaldun

    An Intellectual Biography

    by Robert Irwin ...
    The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (1332–1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

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