Islam and violence
After 9/11, many writers have posited the relationship between Islam and violence as either elemental or anomalous. Khaleel Mohammed defines Islam as transcending the usual understanding of religion, being instead like a 'sacred canopy' that provides meaning for every aspect of life. In ad...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Έκδοση: |
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2019
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Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2019 |
Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | Cambridge elements
Elements in religion and violence |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Violence
Religious aspects
Ισλάμ (μοτίβο)
B Violence ; Religious aspects ; Islam B Political violence ; Religious aspects ; Islam B Political Violence Religious aspects Ισλάμ (μοτίβο) |
Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Print version: 9781108728232 |
Σύνοψη: | After 9/11, many writers have posited the relationship between Islam and violence as either elemental or anomalous. Khaleel Mohammed defines Islam as transcending the usual understanding of religion, being instead like a 'sacred canopy' that provides meaning for every aspect of life. In addition, he shows that violence has both physical and psychological dimensions and expounds at length on jihad. He traces the term's metamorphosis of meaning from a struggle in any worthy cause to war and finally to its present-day extension to include martyrdom and terrorism. Finally, he covers the dimensions of violence in the Islamic law and the institutional patriarchy |
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Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jan 2019) |
ISBN: | 1108610404 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108610407 |