Religion and state: the Muslim approach to politics
PART ONE: THE HERITAGE: Setting the stage: Islam and Muslims -- Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in comparative perspective: an overview -- Muslim "church government" -- The historical bases of traditional Muslim and Christian political theory -- Unity and community -- The roots of politic...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Columbia Univ. Press
2000
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| In: | Year: 2000 |
| Reviews: | Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics. L. Carl Brown (2001) (Lybarger, Loren D.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ State
/ Rule
/ Politics
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| Further subjects: | B
Islam and state
Islamic countries
B Islamic countries Politics and government B Islam and politics Islamic countries |
| Summary: | PART ONE: THE HERITAGE: Setting the stage: Islam and Muslims -- Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in comparative perspective: an overview -- Muslim "church government" -- The historical bases of traditional Muslim and Christian political theory -- Unity and community -- The roots of political pessimism -- Muslim attitudes toward the state: an impressionistic sketch -- PART TWO: CONVULSIONS OF MODERN TIMES: Islam and politics in modern times: the great transformation -- Meeting the Western challenge: the early establishment response -- The early antiestablishment response to the Western challenge -- From World War I to the 1960s: the years of muted Islamist politics -- The return of Islam? -- The radical Muslim discourse -- Al-Banna, Mawdudi, and Qutb -- Khomeini and the Shi'ite Islam -- Conclusion -- Islam and politics past and present: a bibliographical essay |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-236) and index |
| Physical Description: | VI, 256 S., Tab., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-12039-5 978-0-231-12038-8 0-231-12039-7 0-231-12038-9 |
