Islam

Die heilige Schrift des Islams, vollständige Ausgabe, in der hervorragenden Übersetzung von Max HenningDer Koran ist die Heilige Schrift des Islams. Er verkündet das Wort Mohammeds, des Gesandten Allahs, und ist, wie geschrieben steht, 'eine Leitung für die Gottesfürchtigen, die da glauben an das Verborgene'. Als große Grundschrift der muslimischen Welt ist der Koran darüber hinaus für alle von Bedeutung, die sich mit dem Islam und seinen Beziehungen zu anderen Religionen beschäftigen. Diese Schmuckausgabe mit Goldprägung folgt der Übertragung aus dem Arabischen von Max Henning. Schon viele Generationen von Leserinnen und Lesern schätzten sie als besonders genau.- Das Heilige Buch als Schmuckausgabe- Die Übersetzung von Max Henning gilt als eine der genauesten deutschen Übersetzungen

Die Dichotomie Religion versus Säkularität als Beschreibungskategorie der erst in der abendländischen Moderne entstandenen politischen Sphäre ist für die Geschichtsschreibung des Islams ungeeignet. Rüdiger Lohlker folgt deshalb der Ideengeschichte von Herrschaft im islamischen Denken in ihrer historischen Vielgestaltigkeit entlang des von Gilles Deleuze für den europäischen Barock verwendeten Begriffs der Falte. Neben Übersetzungen von Schlüsseltexten aus dem Arabischen und Persischen werden bisher nicht erfasste Quellen mit einbezogen und auch islamische Denkweisen in China und Südostasien berücksichtigt.

Der grundlegende sprachliche Einstieg ins KoranarabischeDer grammatische Aufbau einer Sprache spiegelt Weltbilder wider. Um diese zu verstehen, benötigen angehende muslimische Religionslehrkräfte ein spezialisiertes Kursangebot, das Unterschiede zum Hocharabischen verdeutlicht und bei der Koranauslegung unterstützt.Das Lehrwerk bietet vielfältiges Material, das die unterschiedlichen Vorkenntnisse der Studierenden berücksichtigt und neue Übungsformen entwickelt. Vermittelt werden die arabische Schrift, grammatische Grundlagen sowie ein Grundwortschatz des Koranarabischen. Zudem wird den Studierenden die Arbeit mit Wörterbüchern und Koranübersetzungen nahegebracht und Einblicke in historische und etymologische Kontexte eröffnet.Dieses erste deutschsprachige Lehrwerk für Koranarabisch kann begleitend zu oder vorbereitend auf Veranstaltungen über Tafsir (Koranexegese) oder allgemeine Koranwissenschaften eingesetzt werden. Der Anhang (u.A. Wörterverzeichnis, Vokabeln, Ziffern, Zahlzeichen) ist auf utb.de unter Zusatzmaterial zu finden.

Rebellious Wives, Neglectful Husbands brings into conversation the distinct fields of tafs¿r (Qur'anic exegesis) studies and women's studies by exploring significant shifts in modern Qur'anic commentaries on the subject of women. Hadia Mubarak places three of the most influential, Sunni Qur'anic commentaries in the twentieth century- Tafs¿r al-Man¿r, F¿ Zil¿l al-Qur'an, and al-Tahr¿r wa'l-Tanw¿r - against the backdrop of broader historical, intellectual, and political developments in modern North Africa. Mubarak illustrates the ways in which colonialism, nationalism, and modernization set into motion new ways of engaging with the subject of women in the Qur'an. Focusing her analysis on Qur'anic commentaries as a scholarly genre, Mubarak offers a critical and comparative analysis of these three modern commentaries with seven medieval commentaries, spanning from the ninth to fourteenth centuries, on verses dealing with neglectful husbands (4:128), rebellious wives (4:34), polygyny (4:3), and divorce (2:228). In contrast to assessments of the exegetical tradition as monolithically patriarchal, this book captures a medieval and modern tafs¿r tradition with pluralistic, complex, and evolving interpretations of women and gender in the Qur'an. Rather than pit a seemingly egalitarian Qur'an against an allegedly patriarchal exegetical tradition, Mubarak affirms the need for a critical engagement with tafs¿r studies among scholars concerned with women and gender in Islam. Mubarak argues that the capacity to bring new meanings to bear on the Qur'qan is not only an intellectually viable one but inherent to the exegetical tradition.

This volume of the Building Bridges Seminar, Power: Divine and Human, Christian and Muslim Perspectives, comprises pairs of essays by Christians and Muslims which introduce texts for dialogical study, plus the actual text-excerpts themselves. This new book goes far beyond mere reporting on a dialogical seminar; rather, it provides guidance and materials for constructing a similar dialogical experience on a particular topic. As a resource for comparative theology, Power: Divine and Human is unique in that it takes up a topic not usually explored in depth in Christian-Muslim conversations. It is written by scholars for scholars. However, in tone and structure, it is suitable for the non-specialist as well. Students (undergraduate and graduate), religious leaders, and motivated non-specialists will find it readable and useful. While it falls solidly in the domain of comparative theology, it can also be used in courses on dialogical reading of scripture, interreligious relations, and political philosophy.

In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this debate has stagnated, due in part to a manner of theorizing too far removed from the study of actual religious practices. A worthwhile theory, according to Grimes, must be practice-oriented, and practices are most effectively studied by field research methods. The Craft of Ritual Studies melds together a systematic theory and method capable of underwriting the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study of ritual enactments. Grimes first exposes the limitations that disable many theories of ritual--for example, defining ritual as essentially religious, assuming that ritual's only function is to generate group solidarity, or treating ritual as a mirror of the status quo. He proposes strategies and offers guidelines for conducting field research on the public performance of rites, providing a guide for fieldwork on complex ritual enactments, particularly those characterized by social conflict or cultural creativity. The volume also provides a section on case study, focusing on a single complex event: the Santa Fe Fiesta, a New Mexico celebration marked by protracted ethnic conflict and ongoing dramatic creativity. Grimes explains how rites interact creatively and critically with their social surroundings, developing such themes as the relation of ritual to media, theater, and film, the dynamics of ritual creativity, the negotiation of ritual criticism, and the impact of ritual on cultural and physical environments. This important and influential book will be the capstone work of Grimes's three decades of leadership in the field of ritual studies. It is accompanied by twenty online appendices illustrating key aspects of ritual study.

The book evaluates on-going ethical conversations to learn how emotional communication is received, teachings internalized, and a religious world-view brought to life.

This pioneering volume brings together scholars and clinicians working at the intersection of Islam and psychoanalysis to explore both the connections that link these two traditions, as well as the tensions that exist between them.

In vielen Ländern Europas schlägt eine neue Ideologie immer mehr junge Menschen in ihren Bann: der Islamismus. Sie bekennen sich radikal gegen unsere Gesellschaft und Verfassung, und einzelne von ihnen äußern sogar unverhohlen Sympathie mit dem Terrorkrieg des "Islamischen Staats" (IS). "Ich glaube nicht an die Demokratie", sagt eine Neuntklässlerin, die plötzlich in einem langen, dunklen Gewand zur Schule kommt, "ich glaube an den Koran." Die Klassenlehrerin ist wie vor den Kopf geschlagen. Wie soll sie reagieren? Was kann die Schule, was können Eltern, Erzieher und Ausbilder tun, um derartigen Entwicklungen zu begegnen? Das Buch bietet dazu eine Fülle von Fallbeispielen, praktischen Tipps und Erfahrungswissen aus der Zusammenarbeit des Autors mit Schulleitungen, Verfassungsschutz, polizeilichem Staatsschutz, Jugendarbeit, muslimischen Verbänden sowie Profis der interkulturellen Bildung und Gewaltprävention.

Im vorliegenden Band führen ausgewiesene Fachleute in alle wichtigen islamkundlichen Themenfelder ein: Die Anfänge: Muhammad, Hadit, Koran; Systematik: Theologie, Philosophie, Ethik und Bildung, Recht; Frömmigkeit: Ritus, Sufismus, Ordenswesen, Volksreligion, Schia; Kultur: Historiographie, Literatur, Kunst und Architektur, Wissenschaften; Herausforderungen der Moderne: Politik und Menschenrechte, Wirtschaft und Globalisierung, Frauen, Reformismus und Islamismus, Dialog mit Nichtmuslimen. Die Stärke dieser Einführung, die auch als Nachschlagewerk zu nutzen ist, liegt in der engen Verbindung von Vergangenheit und Gegenwart: Alle Themen werden systematisch und historisch wie in ihrer Gegenwartsbedeutung in den Blick genommen. Dieser Brückenschlag ermöglicht ein vertieftes Verstehen aktueller Debatten nicht nur für Studierende der Islamwissenschaft und benachbarter Fächer, sondern auch für interessierte Laien.

The image of "Third World Woman" victimhood is one common to discourses in Western feminism, gender and development and also the activities of NGOs. Tamsin Bradley deconstructs this through her exploration of the relationships between NGOs and the people they target, using a unique multi-disciplinary perspective focused on the interfaces between anthropology, development and religion. She argues that dominant approaches in development practice see women as a singular and weak "other" which obscures the complexities of communities and the ability to respond to real needs. Bradley's extensive fieldwork, on grassroots NGOs in rural Indian Rajasthan and Western donor organisations, combines with a compelling critique of development theory and practice. She constructs a more inclusive methodology, to encourage development workers to listen to the needs of those they seek to help.

The wisdom of one of the greatest scholars of Islam can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.Considered by many to be the all-time greatest scholar of Islam, Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111) was also one of the foremost sages of theology, philosophy and Sufism. His writings on the interrelation of law, theology and mysticism were central in establishing Sufism as a core dimension of orthodox Islamic practice. Muslim communities all across the world today still base much of their practice of Islam on Ghazali's writings.The Forty Foundations of Religion, Ghazali's own summary of his magnum opus, The Revival of the Religious Sciences, serves as a brief and powerful summary of Islamic faith, worship, law and spirituality. It outlines the basis of Islamic belief, the foundational matters of ritual and practice, and the character traits a person must cultivate and avoid in the perfection of faith.Now you can experience the wisdom of Ghazali even if you have no previous knowledge of The Forty Foundations of Religion or Islam. This SkyLight Illuminations edition-the first publication of significant portions of The Forty Foundations of Religion in English-provides original translations of selected highlights accompanied by insightful commentary that makes the core message of this great spiritual master relevant to anyone seeking a balanced understanding of Islam.

This book examines the ways in which Muslim politics in Southeast Asia has greatly impacted democratic practice and contributed to its practical and discursive development. It provides comparisons and linkages amongst Muslim-majority and -minority countries, to aid understanding of the phenomenon of Muslim politics in the region as a whole.

Recent events have focused attention on the perceived differences and tensions between the Muslim world and the modern West. As a major strand of Western public discourse has it, Islam appears resistant to internal development and remains inherently pre-modern. However Muslim societies have experienced most of the same structural changes that have impacted upon all societies: massive urbanisation, mass education, dramatically increased communication, the emergence of new types of institutions and associations, some measure of political mobilisation, and major transformations of the economy. These developments are accompanied by a wide range of social movements and by complex and varied religious and ideological debates. This textbook is a pioneering study providing an introduction to and overview of the debates and questions that have emerged regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The various manifestations of modernity in Muslim life discussed include social change and the transformation of political and religious institutions, gender politics, changing legal regimes, devotional practices and forms of religious association, shifts in religious authority, and modern developments in Muslim religious thought. Key Features *Each chapter contains an overview of relevant secondary literature and concludes with a summary of the key ideas presented and a set of questions *Contributing authors include some of the best-known academics from various disciplines in the field presenting state of the art scholarship in their specialised areas

In dieser Einführung wird deutlich, dass Dschihad und Märtyrervorstellungen, wie sie unmittelbar nach dem 11. September im Vordergrund des Interesses standen, nur Teilaspekte einer alten und komplexen Religion und Kultur sind. Heine erklärt die Glaubensvorstellungen und die rituelle Praxis einer Religion, die mehr als 1400 Jahre alt ist und sich vom Senegal im Westen bis zur indonesisch-malayischen Inselwelt im Osten erstreckt. Zur Sprache kommen dabei u.a. die islamischen Glaubenspflichten, z.B. Gebet, Fasten und Almosen, und das islamische Recht.

Traces the shared history of Russia and Islam in expanding compass; from the Tatar civilization within the Russian heartland, to the conquered territories of the Caucasus and Central Asia, to the larger geopolitical and security context of contemporary Russia on the civilizational divide. The study stresses political and geopolitical relationships.

This study of the Qur'an arises from an interest in a pressing contemporary issue, the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims ('the Ummah and the Other'). This text explores how the Qur'an comments on this relationship as it changed in the course of Muhammad's ministry. Particular attention is paid to the portrayal in the Meccan 'punishment-narratives' of a fascinating and complex triangular relationship between God, the powerless and persecuted believing community with Muhammad at its centre, and the unbelieving Meccans who rejected Muhammad's preaching. The text raising questions about the possible contemporary relevance of this analysis, focusing firstly on discussions about the appropriate models for Islamic society today, and secondly on dialogue between Christians and Muslims. This book presents a detailed and illuminating analysis of many important Qur'anic themes and passages, and offers a coherent and original account of significant developments within the thought of the Qur'an as a whole.

A broad-ranging, illustrated, scholarly treatment of core topics in Islamic spirituality. This book discusses the foundations of Sufism, including the Qur'an, the Hadith, pilgrimage, and prayer, as well as a study of the rise of Islam. The companion book Islamic Spirituality: Manifestations delves more deeply into the different ways that Sufism is lived out around the world, with attention to the various sects and their writings.

"Rarely is a collection of essays as coherent and of such uniformly high quality as is this one. This book makes a major contribution to our efforts to understand, and so competently interact with, the forces of political, economic, and social change in states where Islamic ideals form a vibrant component of the culture." -American Historical Review "Fielding a veteran team of American Maghribi specialists, this book discusses Islam and politics, human rights, aspects of political economy, and the international dimension of prospects for democratization in Islamic North African states. . . . All chapters advance useful arguments based on solid research." -Foreign Affairs In the late 1980s, misguided economic policies, bureaucratic mismanagement, political corruption, and cultural alienation combined to create a popular demand for change in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. It seemed for a time that a new and more open politics would transform the region. Instead, authoritarian states mobilized to repress the populist opposition led by politicized Islamist movements. Analyzing developments over the last two decades from the perspectives of political culture and political economy, leading American scholars provide insights into the region's continuing political crisis.