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WHAT IS ISLAM?
WHAT IS ISLAM?
Subtitle:
The Importance of Being Islamic
Book Category:
Religion > Islam > History
Author:
Shahab Ahmed
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691164182
Price:
USD 35.20
Publication Year:
2015

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Princeton University Press.

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In What Is Islam?, Shahab Ahmed presents a bold new conceptualization of Islam that challenges dominant understandings grounded in the categories of "religion" and "culture" or those that privilege law and scripture. He argues that these modes of thinking obstruct us from understanding Islam, distorting it, diminishing it, and rendering it incoherent.

 

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