The Quran Epic And Apocalypse

Author : Todd Lawson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1786072289
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quran, Epic and Apocalypse written by Todd Lawson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do people understand the Quran to be divine revelation? What is it about the text that inspires such devotion and commitment in the reader/believer? Todd Lawson explores how the timeless literary genres of epic and apocalypse bear religious meaning in the Quran, communicating the sense of divine presence, urgency and truth. Grounding his approach in the universal power of story and myth, he embarks upon a fascinating inquiry into the unique power of one of the most loved, widely read and recited books in the world.

Author : George Archer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134635486
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to the Qur'an written by George Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to the Qur’an offers an impressive and comprehensive overview of the formative scripture of Islam. Including a wide number of scholarly approaches to the Qur’an by both established authorities and emergent voices, the 40 chapters in this volume represent the latest word on the academic understanding of the Muslim scripture. The Qur’an is spoken of in scholarship across disciplines; it is the beating heart of a living community of believers; it is a work of beauty and a basis for art and culture; it is a profoundly significant historical artifact; and it is a mysterious survivor from the Late Ancient Arabic-speaking world. This Handbook accompanies the reader into the many worlds that the Qur’an lives in, from its ancient settings, to its internal drama, and through the 1,400 years of discussion and debate about its meaning. Bringing diverse approaches to the Qur’an together in one volume The Routledge Companion to the Qur’an represents the vibrancy of the field of Qur’anic Studies today. This Handbook is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and Islamic studies. It will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as area studies, sociology, anthropology, and history.

Author : Jean-Pierre Filiu
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520264312
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocalypse in Islam written by Jean-Pierre Filiu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an eye-opening exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand. Jean-Pierre Filiu uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries, and highlights its extraordinary resurgence in recent decades.

Author : Todd Lawson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 178074675X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crucifixion and the Qur'an written by Todd Lawson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to examine the controversial Qur'anic phrase which divides Christianity and Islam. According to the majority of modern Muslims and Christians, the Qur'an denies the crucifixion of Jesus, and with it, one of the most sacred beliefs of Christianity. However, it is only mentioned in one verse - 'They did not kill him and they did not crucify him, rather, it only appeared so to them' - and contrary to popular belief, its translation has been the subject of fierce debate among Muslims for centuries. This innovative work is the first book devoted to the issue, delving deeply into largely ignored Arabic sources, which suggest that the origins of the conventional translation may lie within the Christian Church. Arranged along historical lines, and covering various Muslim schools of thought, from Sunni to Sufi, "The Crucifixion and the Qur'an" unravels the crucial dispute that separates the World's two principal faiths.

Author : Sebastian Günther
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004333150
Total Pages : 1549 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam (2 vols.) written by Sebastian Günther and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 1549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam offers a multi-disciplinary study of Muslim thought on paradise, death, and the hereafter. It promises to become the definitive reference work on Islamic eschatology.

Author : Sebastian Günther
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004413219
Total Pages : 1174 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Religious Learning between Continuity and Change (2 vols) written by Sebastian Günther and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 1174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Religious Learning between Continuity and Change offers fascinating new insights into key issues of learning and human development in classical Islam, including their shared characteristics, influence, and interdependence with historical, non-Muslim educational cultures.

Author : Navid Kermani
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745651675
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God is Beautiful written by Navid Kermani and published by Polity. This book was released on 2015-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The melodious recitation of the Quran is a fundamental aesthetic experience for Muslims, and the start of a compelling journey of ideas. In this important new book, the prominent German writer and Islamic scholar Navid Kermani considers the manner in which the Quran has been perceived, apprehended and experienced by its recipients from the time of the Prophet to the present day. Drawing on a wide range of Muslim sources, from historians, theologians and philosophers to mystics and literary scholars, Kermani provides a close reading of the nature of this powerful text. He proceeds to analyze ancient and modern testimonies about the impact of Quranic language from a variety of angles. Although people have always reflected on the reception of texts, images and sounds that they find beautiful or moving, Kermani explains that Islam provides a particularly striking example of the close correlation, grounded in a common origin, between art and religion, revelation and poetry, and religious and aesthetic experience. This major new book will enhance the dialogue between Islam and the West and will appeal to students and scholars of Islam and comparative religion, as well as to a wider readership interested in Islam and the Quran.

Author : Veronika Wieser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110593580
Total Pages : 1181 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Eschatology written by Veronika Wieser and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 1181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all religions, in the medieval West as in the East, ideas about the past, the present and the future were shaped by expectations related to the End. The volumes Cultures of Eschatology explore the many ways apocalyptic thought and visions of the end intersected with the development of pre-modern religio-political communities, with social changes and with the emergence of new intellectual and literary traditions. The two volumes present a wide variety of case studies from the early Christian communities of Antiquity, through the times of the Islamic invasion and the Crusades and up to modern receptions, from the Latin West to the Byzantine Empire, from South Yemen to the Hidden Lands of Tibetan Buddhism. Examining apocalypticism, messianism and eschatology in medieval Christian, Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist communities, the contributions paint a multi-faceted picture of End-Time scenarios and provide their readers with a broad array of source material from different historical contexts. The first volume, Empires and Scriptural Authorities, examines the formation of literary and visual apocalyptic traditions, and the role they played as vehicles for defining a community’s religious and political enemies. The second volume, Time, Death and Afterlife, focuses on key topics of eschatology: death, judgment, afterlife and the perception of time and its end. It also analyses modern readings and interpretations of eschatological concepts.

Author : Roberto Tottoli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110771322
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Qur’an: A Guidebook written by Roberto Tottoli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Qur’an: A Guidebook is an updated English version of the work appeared in Italian (Rome 2021) Leggere e studiare il Corano which deals with the contents of the Qur’an, the style and formal features of the text, the history and fixation of it and an poutline of the reception in Islamic literature. The aim of the work is to give a reader a description of what he/she can find in the Islamic holy text and the state of the critical debates on all the topics dealt with, focusing mainly on the growing scholarly literature which appeared in the last 30 years. As such, the work is unique in combining the aim to give comprehensive information on the topic and, at the same, time, reconstruct the critical debate in a balanced outline also emphasizing confessional approaches and the dynamics in the study of the Qur’an. There is nothing similar in contemporary scholarship and the book is a handbook for students and scholars of Islam but also for readers in religious studies who need to know how the main questions related to the Islamic text have been discussed in recent scholarship.

Author : John Ellis Ishmael Bridge Be
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524625965
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seventh Apocalypse written by John Ellis Ishmael Bridge Be and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventh Apocalypse: The Unveiling of the Cornerstone for the Islamic States of the Americas is a compilation of letters to the editor as well as recommendations, warnings, and poems addressing recent and contemporary issues from the point of view of a Muslim in America. The conveyance of the message in Seventh Apocalypse is intended to prepare the reader for the inevitable increase in the influence of Islam in the western hemisphere.