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001 2008049848
003 DLC
005 20100607160504.0
008 081117s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008049848
020 $a9781405158077 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBP161.3$b.B76 2009
082 00 $a297$222
100 1 $aBrown, Daniel W.,$d1963-
245 12 $aA new introduction to Islam /$cDaniel W. Brown.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aChichester, UK ;$aMalden, MA :$bWiley-Blackwell,$c2009.
300 $axvi, 341 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-323) and index.
505 0 $aPt. I. The formation of the Islamic tradition. Islam in global perspective ; Arabia ; The pre-Islamic Near East ; The life of Muhammad ; The Qurʼān ; The tradition literature -- Pt. II. The expansion of Islam. The conquests ; Religion of empire ; The Caliphate -- Pt. III. Islamic institutions. Islamic law ; Islamic theology and philosophy ; Sufism -- Pt. IV. Crisis and renewal in Islamic history. Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols ; Revival and reform ; Islam and the West ; The turbulent twentieth century ; Islam in the twenty-first century -- Glossary.
650 0 $aIslam.
650 0 $aIslam$xEssence, genius, nature.