Islam for Dummies - Malcolm Clark

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Résumé :

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Conventions Used in This Book 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

How This Book is Organized 4

Part 1: Understanding the Basics 4

Part 2: Muhammad: The Man, the Book, and Rules of Law 4

Part 3: Becoming Familiar with Muslim Daily Life 5

Part 4: Recognizing That All Muslims Aren't the Same 5

Part 5: Considering Islam's Concept of Abrahamic Religions 5

Part 6: The Part of Tens 5

Part 7: Appendixes 5

Icons Used in This Book 6

Where to Go From Here 6

Part 1: Understanding the Basics 7

Chapter 1: Approaching Islam 9

Getting an Overview of Islamic Origins 9

Summarizing Islamic Beliefs 10

Dividing into Branches 11

Counting the Numbers 11

Locating Islam on the World Map 12

Chapter 2: Tracing the Path of Islamic History 15

The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs 17

Choosing a successor: Abu Bakr (632-634) 18

Expanding out of Arabia: `Umar (634-644) 19

Gathering the Qur'an: `Uthman (644-656) 21

Rebelling against `Ali (656-661) 22

Expanding the state 23

The Golden Age 24

Umayyad rule (661-750) 25

Abbasid rule (750-1258) 27

Bridging the Gap 29

Three Great Later Empires 31

Ottoman Empire: The Turks 32

Safavid Empire: The Iranians 33

Mughal Empire: Islam in South Asia 35

Chapter 3: Submitting to God 37

Affirming the Unity of God: Tawhid 38

Clarifying the Terminology: Allah Equals God 40

Testifying to God's Supremacy 41

Defining the Attributes of God 42

Loving and Knowing God 43

Invoking the 99 Names of God 44

Dividing the names into categories 45

Remembering the names 46

Chapter 4: What Muslims Believe 47

Stating the Five Essential Beliefs of Islam 47

Believing in God 49

Believing in God's angels 50

Believing in God's books and in God's messengers 50

Believing in the last day and the resurrection from the tomb 52

Explaining the Faith to Non-Muslims 55

Expounding the Faith: Dealing with Difficult Faith Issues 56

Naming some theological issues 58

Defining a true Muslim 59

Relating faith to works 59

Degrees of faith 60

Anthropomorphizing God 60

Created or eternal Qur'an 60

Knowing what is good and evil 60

Rejecting Formal Creeds 61

Chapter 5: Standing Before God: Heaven and Hell 63

Understanding Other Beings beyond God and Humans 64

Gabriel and the other angels 64

Aladdin's lamp and the jinn 67

The Devil made me do it 68

Going to Heaven or Hell: From Life to Death to Resurrection 69

Dying and the grave 69

The resurrection and the final judgment 70

Facing the unresolved issues 71

Envisioning Heaven and Hell 72

Hell and its torments 73

Heaven and its delights 74

Women and the houris in heaven and hell 74

Part 2: Muhammad: The Man, the Book, and Rules of Law 77

Chapter 6: The Prophet: Muhammad 79

Setting the Stage: Arabia before Muhammad 80

Two key cities 81

Outside the cities: The beduin 82

Arabian religious practices 82

Telling the Story of Muhammad 83

Growing up 84

Summoning the people of Mecca 86

Facing opposition 87

Establishing the community in Medina 88

A chronology from 622 to 630 90

Thinking about Muhammad Theologically 92

Messenger, prophet, and seal of the prophets 92

Comparing Muhammad with Jesu...

Biographie:

Professor Malcolm Clark taught in the Department of Religion at Butler University for 30 years....

Sommaire:

Professor Malcolm Clark taught in the Department of Religion at Butler University for 30 years....