Islam : past, present and future

✍ Scribed by Hans Küng

• Publisher: Oneworld
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 797
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"Providing an overview of Islam's 1,400-year history, Hans Kung examines its fundamental beliefs and practices, outlines the major schools of thought, and surveys the positions of Islam on the urgent questions of the day. Deft, assured, and comprehensive, this is a sympathetic assessment of Islam by a renowned Christian theologian."--BOOK JACKET.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: A. Origin : A controversial religion --
Problems of the beginning --
B. Centre : God's word has become a book --
The central message --
The central structural elements --
The original paradigm of the Islamic community --
The paradigm of the Arab empire --
The classical paradigm o Islam as a world religion --
The paradigm of the Ulama and Sufis --
The paradigm of Islamic modernization --
D. Challenges of the present : Competition between paradigms --
What kind of Islam do Muslims want? --
The Middle East conflict and a new paradigm --
New approaches to theological conversation --
Speculative questions --
From Biblical criticism to Qur'anic criticism? --
E. Possibilities for the future : Islamic renewal --
The future of the Islamic legal order --
The future of Islamic state order and politics --
The future of the Islamic economic order --
The future of the Islamic way of life --
Epilogue : Islam, an image of hope --
Conclusion.
Abstract:

In this extraordinary comprehensive book, Hans Kung gives an in-depth account of Islam, explaining why "peace between religions" is important. Read more...