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ISLAM IN A CHANGING WORLD
₨ 4,626Academics, politicians, journalists and officials from a wide range of Middle Eastern countries, Europe and the United States met at an exclusive conference entitled ‘Islam in a Changing World: Europe and the Middle East’ in Copenhagen in June 1996, initiated by the Danish Institute of International Affairs (DUPI) and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The conference theme was the compatibility between Islam and universal norms and values, and the perspectives for dialogue and mutual understanding. Special attention was given both to the common features of today’s Islamic groups and to differences between them. Patterns of internal Islamic co-operation and conflict were discussed as were the ways in which political Islam influences the socio-political developments in the Middle East. Finally, the interaction between political Islam and the post-1989 challenges and opportunities of Euro-Mediterranean co-operation was discussed.
ISBN: 0700705090
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REFERRING TO GOD
₨ 12,340There is a long tradition of discussion in the philosophy of religion about the problems and possibilities involved in talking about God. This book presents accounts of the problem within Jewish and Christian philosophy.
ISBN: 0700710795
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RELIGIOUS CONVERSION MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH ASIA
₨ 12,340Studies of religious conversion and religious conversion movements have >
rapidly become a central issue in scholarly debate, including discussions
about the nature of religious and social change. What is conversion and
how and why do conversion movements take place? How far was
conversion the result of individual or corporate crises? What was the
relationship between the converts’ earlier world of ideas and practice and
his or her new-found faith? Did conversion involve a ‘burning of
bridges’, or was it simply entrance into an additional socio-religious
circle? How far did conversion encourage upward social mobility, or
stimulate economic and political change?
The papers compiled in this book, which are based on a reading of fresh and original
source material, address these and other issues with specific reference to
South Asia in the nineteenth century. They range from studies of
conversion to Christianity among Muslims, Hindus of diverse
backgrounds and Dalits, to an exploration of conversion and non-
conversion experiences among Indians and Europeans who experimented
with Theosophy, a movement which came into prominence in India
during the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
This volume will be of particular interest not only to those concerned ith socio-religious and cultural developments in South Asia, but is also relevant for scholars attempting to understand the religious conversion
phenomenon in other parts of the world.
ISBN: 0700704728
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RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY
₨ 12,340The philosophy of religion and theology are related to the culture in which they have developed. These disciplines provide a source of values and vision to the cultures of which they are part, while at the same time they are delimited and defined by their cultures.This book compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of the ultimate reality, and the notion of sacred knowledge.On a broader level, it compares two world-views: the one formed by Western Christian culture, which is religious in intention but secular in essence; the other Islamic, formed through the assimilation of traditional wisdom, which is turned against the norms of secular culture and is thus religious both in intention and essence.
ISBN: 0700710256
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RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN SOUTH ASIA
₨ 12,340These studies focus on questions of religious interaction and change in India from the 6th century B.C. to the present day. They represent the work of scholars in a range of disciplines.
ISBN: 0700704213
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THE ORIGINS OF ISLAMIC LAW
₨ 12,340If the Qur’an is the first written formulation of Islam in general, Malik’s Muwatta’ is arguably the first written formulation of the Islam-in-practice that becomes Islamic law. This book considers the methods used by Malik in the Muwatta’ to derive the judgements of the law from the Qur’an and is thus concerned on one level with the finer details of Qur’anic interpretation. However, since any discussion of the Qur’an in this context must also include considerations of the other main source of Islamic law, namely the sunna, or normative practice, of the Prophet, this latter concept, especially its relationship to the terms of hadith and amal (traditions and living tradition), also receives considerable attention, and in many respects, this book is more about the history and development of Islamic law than it is about the science of Qur’anic interpretation.This is the first book to question the hitherto accepted frameworks of both the classical Muslim view and the current revisionist western view on the development of Islamic law. It is also the first study in a European language to deal specifically with the early development of the Madinan, later Malik, school of jurisprudence, as it is also the first to demonstrate in detail the various methods used, both linguistic and otherwise, in interpreting the legal verses of the Qur’an. It will be of interest to all those interested in the underlying bases of Islamic law and culture, and of particular interest to those involved in studying and teaching Islamic studies, both at undergraduate and research level. It will also be of interest to those studying the relationship between orality and literacy in ancient societies and the writing down of ancient law.
ISBN: 0700710620
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THE SAUDI FILE
₨ 12,340Saudi Arabia remains a closed society with its own interpretation of Islamic Law, an insistence on royal privilege, and an uneven record on human rights. This study examines this hidden kingdom. Topics include calls for accountability, religious reform, the legal system and censorship.
ISBN: 0700709975
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