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This book is an introduction to issues of interest and impact
from the rich and diverse intellectual traditions of Islam from its
inception to present. Those within Islamic study often lament that
students and professors do not have a comprehensive and handy
text on essential scholarship on the nature and foundations of
Islamic civilization to use to explore each intellectual piece in the
context of its relationship to other aspects of Islamic thought. Those
outside Islamic study often lament that they do not know what’s
going on, or how to get up to speed in an era filled with shocking
news of brutal attacks on humanity in the name of Islam. They ask,
has Islam introduced positive contributions to society and
civilization? Most of the scholarship is inaccessible to both insiders
and outsiders for the same reason: it is highly technical,
sophisticated, detailed, and laden with jargon and methodological
description. The insiders enjoy them but get lost in a few concrete
cases without the ability to understand how those cases relate to
other examples of Islam. |
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