Report on the results of excavations in 12th & 13th C AD levels at the site of Gritille in SE Turkey, a provincial settlement interesting particularly for its place on the border between Islamic and Christian states. The authors use historical archaeology to investigate daily life in the Anatolian "badlands."
Explores the relation between Malcolm, the Nation of Islam, and Christianity. This title reveals the religious roots of the Nation of Islam in relation to Christianity. It also examines Malcolm's development and contributions as an activist, journalist, orator, and revolutionist against the backdrop of his familial religious heritage.
Brings together critical essays which raise key issues surrounding Islam's holy book, Koran. This anthology begins with Theodor Noldeke's first truly scientific study of the Koran. It focuses on the difficulty of establishing a reliable Koranic text, examining the Jewish, Christian, and Zoroastrian sources of Muhammad's 'revelation'.
In the late 1980s Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia began to experience the trend toward economic liberalization and political democratization taking place at the time in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Misguided economic policies, bureaucratic mismanagement, political corruption, and cultural alienation combined to create a popular ......
During the Golden Age of Islam (seventh through seventeenth centuries A.D.), Muslim philosophers and poets, artists and scientists, princes and laborers created a unique culture that has influenced societies on every continent. This book offers a fully illustrated, highly accessible introduction to an important aspect of that culture-the ......
Insists that the Koran and those who live under its rule must re-examine this religious text and place it under the microscope of critical intelligence. This book explains how Arab tribal society degenerated from a polytheistic, pre-Islamic culture in which women enjoyed positions of relative prestige to one in which men dominate.
The mythic figure of Malcolm X conjures up a variety of images - black nationalist, extremist, civil rights leader, hero. But how often is Malcolm X understood as a religious leader, a man profoundly affected by his relationship with Allah? This title offers the book length religious treatment of Malcolm X.
A collection of four unconventional essays presented by Islamic art and architecture expert Michael Meinecke in lecture form at New York University before his sudden death in 1995. The case studies, representing years of field experience, do not follow the traditional periodic, linear approach of m
Christians of all denominations will find reliable and up-to-date information on Islam and its relationship to Christianity in this carefully researched and clearly written guide. Ideal for both individual and group study use, it provides an excellent and informative introduction to the subject.
