TY - BOOK AU - Sonn,Tamara TI - Islam: History, Religion, and Politics T2 - New York Academy of Sciences Series SN - 9781118972311 AV - BP50 .S65 2016 U1 - 297 PY - 2015/// CY - Newark PB - John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated KW - Islam-Essence, genius, nature KW - Islam-History KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Maps -- 1 Many Paths to One God: Establishing the Ideals -- The Quran -- The Quran and Other Scriptures -- Themes of the Quran -- The Exemplary Life of Muhammad, Prophet of Islam: The Sunna -- The Early Muslim Community and the Pillars of Islam -- The Successors ("Caliphs") -- Early Communal Disputes -- Conclusion -- 2 The Pursuit of Knowledge in the Service of God and Humanity: The Golden Age -- Institutions -- Law -- Political Structure -- Cultural Achievements -- Spirituality and the Mystical Tradition: Sufism -- Conclusion -- 3 Division and Reorganization -- The Crusades and Other Disasters -- The Decline of the Abbasids and Rise of the Ottomans -- Persia: The Safavid Empire -- India and the Rise of the Mughals -- Understanding Developments in Islamic History -- Conclusion -- 4 Colonialism and Reform -- Colonialism -- The Outcome of World War I -- The Effects of Colonialism and Themes of Islamic Reform -- Modern Iterations of Islamic Reform and New Challenges -- Islamist Approaches to Reform -- Conclusion: Mainstream Islamists and Radicals -- 5 Contemporary Islam: The Challenges of Democratization and Complications of Global Politics -- Turkey -- Iran -- Pakistan, Afghanistan, and al-Qaeda -- Indonesia -- Tunisia and the Arab Spring -- What about Terrorism? ISIS, Boko Haram, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and Hezbollah -- Conclusion: Asking the Right Questions -- Further Reading -- Art and Architecture -- Current Affairs -- History -- Literature -- Philosophy -- Reference -- Religion -- Science -- Women -- Websites -- Index -- End User License Agreement UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7104300 ER -