Islam
：Between Message and History
( In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers )
Publication subTitle ：Between Message and History
Publication series ：In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers
Author： Abdelmadjid Charfi;Abdou Filali-Ansary;Sikeena Karmali Ahmed;David Bond
Publisher： Edinburgh University Press
Publication year： 2009
E-ISBN: 9780748642076
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780748639670
Subject： B969 Islamic history.
Keyword： 宗教
Language： ENG
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Description
This book could easily be called 'A Guide for the Modern Muslim', for someone to whom the sentiments of his or her ancestors resonate but who cannot accept the canonised formulas of a stultified education. Charfi spells out what, for him, is the essential message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through the person of the Prophet Muhammad, who was a visionary seeking to change the ideals, attitudes and behaviours of the society in which he lived. The message and its history are delineated as two separate things, conflated by tradition. Charfi's reflections cross those horizons where few Muslim scholars have dared until now to tread. He confronts with great lucidity those difficult questions with which Muslims are struggling, attempting to reconsider them from a moral and political perspective that is independent of the frameworks produced by tradition. In what is essentially a 'Guide for the Modern Muslim', Charfi spells out what for him is the essential message of Islam, followed by a history of its unfolding through the person of the Prophet Muhammad. IIntroduction, Moncef Ben Abdeljelil; Part One: Characteristics of the Message of Muhammad; 1. History and Theory; 2. The Preaching of Muhammad; 3. Distinctive Characteristics of Muhammad's Message; 4. Legislation; 5. The Seal of Prophecy; Part Two: The Message in History; 1. The Prophet's Successors; 2. Institutional Islam; 3. The Elaboration of Institutional Theory; Index
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