Islam. Una nuova introduzione storica

A great historical time line of Islam. The part that particular interested me and is what the majority of the book is actually is how Islam continued after the death of Muhammad (PBUH). How the religion continued how the communities continued. Being a British Muslim myself, I found it eye opening to Leggi tutto

I was surprised to see that this has not received many ratings and reviews. This book is a great start for anyone who is interested in Islamic studies or want to see a different but objective perspective about Islam. The writer, Dr. Carole Hillenbrand is a Professor Emerita in Islamic History at the Leggi tutto

Introduzione molto valida, tanto sul piano dottrinale quanto sul piano storico; testo anche capace di decostruire la narrazione razzista per cui l'Islam sarebbe un monolite religioso di oscurantismo e fanatismo, retaggio del pensiero coloniale ancora presente in Occidente, tramite un'esegesi di alcu Leggi tutto

Le merem fogadni, hogy Carole Hillenbrand nagyszerű pedagógus. Történeti bevezetése talán a legjobb választás a mai magyar könyvpiacon azoknak, akik meg akarnak ismerkedni ennek a monstre vallásnak az alapjaival. Igazi laikusoknak szóló olvasmány, némi tankönyvi beütéssel (kronológiai táblázattal, k Leggi tutto

今年讀的第六本伊斯蘭相關自藏書 雖然關注伊斯蘭這個題目非常久了 但長久以來神學總是讓我打瞌睡 對宗教基本原理其實認識不深 這本書提供了很完整的介紹 涵蓋了伊斯蘭教的各種面向 行文又挺像通識教科書 很合我的胃口 對我來說前面講先知行誼有點無聊 最有收穫的是古蘭經、信仰、律法、思想、蘇非主義和吉哈德這幾章 看完補充很多知識，雖然吉哈德這一章對我來說有點重複 但看完之後，也許可以更容易看懂我另外買的吉哈德專書 蘇非主義也是，買了本埃及學者寫的蘇非主義概論 但整本都神學，買了就後悔 或許看了本書之後會更容易讀下去吧~ (只是這本概論目前下落不明Orz) 整體來說這本書盡可能用客觀中立的敘述 將伊斯蘭教十大重要的面向做深入淺出的介紹 不管 Leggi tutto

Hillenbrand könyve tökéletes azoknak, akik meg akarnak ismerkedni az iszlám vallás történetével, alapvetéseivel. Egy jó gimnáziumi tankönyvhöz tudnám hasonlítani. Ez persze azzal is jár, hogy a szöveg bemutat, de mélyre nem hatol, inkább erősen pc akar lenni. Hillenbrand maga katolikus, mégis sokszor Leggi tutto

I've been meaning to dip my toe back into Islamic studies for a while as it has been almost thirty years since I took my one and only university course on Islam (and Christianity in the Mediaeval Mediterranean World). It also seemed a time for it because and (almost) work project has drawn me back i Leggi tutto

L'autrice è presentata come una delle più prestigiose esperte di cultura islamica non appartenenti a questa religione, riconosciuta per la sua autorevolezza anche da molti musulmani. Questa premessa promette un'esposizione imparziale e ben documentata di un mondo complesso. Dal libro ho tratto maggio Leggi tutto

It could have been a very good introductory book on Islam but the book and author is so biased and looks every aspect of Islam from one dimension, the book falls short. Positive: very good basic infos and good historic summary. Very good and easy to understand explanations on the basis of faith, the Leggi tutto