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Columbia 2000 Hard cover 256. pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. NF/NF This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon.

ISBN10: 0231120389, ISBN13: 9780231120388, [publisher: Columbia] Hardcover Hardcover with dust jacket. NF/NF This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon. 256 pp.
[Eugene, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]

ISBN10: 0231120389, ISBN13: 9780231120388, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Like new hardback copy in like new dustjacket. vi, 256pp
[La Charite sur Loire, France] [Publication Year: 2000]

ISBN10: 0231120389, ISBN13: 9780231120388, [publisher: Columbia University] Hardcover 2000. Columbia University. Hard Cover. Book- VG+. Dj- VG. 9x6. 256pp. This is a fascinating historical overview of the relationship between religious and political life in the Muslim world, ranging from Islam's early centuries to the present day.
[Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2000]

Columbia University Press, Date: 2000-09-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2000. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231120389 9780231120388 [US]

New. If Westerners know a single Islamic term, it is likely to be jihad, the Arabic word for "holy war." The image of Islam as an inherently aggressive and xenophobic religion has long prevailed in the West and can at times appear to be substantiated by current events. L. Carl Brown challenges this conventional wisdom with a fascinating historical overview of the relationship between religious and political life in the Muslim world ranging from Islam's early centuries to the present day. Religion and State examines the commonplace notion-held by both radical Muslim ideologues and various Western observers alike-that in Islam there is no separation between religion and politics. By placing this assertion in a broad historical context, the book reveals both the continuities between premodern and modern Islamic political thought as well as the distinctive dimensions of modern Muslim experiences. Brown shows that both the modern-day fundamentalists and their critics have it wrong when they posit an eternally militant, unchanging Islam outside of history. "They are conflating theology and history. They are confusing the oughtand the is," he writes. As the historical record shows, mainstream Muslim political thought in premodern times tended toward political quietism. Brown maintains that we can better understand present-day politics among Muslims by accepting the reality of their historical diversity while at the same time seeking to ...

Columbia Univ Pr, Date: 2000. Hardcover. New. 246 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. 2000. Columbia Univ Pr ISBN 0231120389 9780231120388 [GB]

ISBN10: 0231120389, ISBN13: 9780231120388, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Are today s radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2000]
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ISBN10: 0231120389, ISBN13: 9780231120388, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Are today s radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2000]
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