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On Understanding Islam
This chapter is in the book On Understanding Islam

Chapters in this book

  1. i-iv i
  2. General Editor’s Preface v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Contents xi
  5. General Introduction xiii
  6. PART ONE: General Presentations
  7. 1. Islamic History as a Concept 3
  8. 2. The Shahādah as Symbolic Representation of Muslims’ Faith 26
  9. PART TWO: Specific Presentations
  10. 3. The Historical Development in Islām of the Concept of Islām as an Historical Development 41
  11. 4. Islamic Law: Its ‘Sources’ (Uṣūl al-fiqh) and Ijtihād 78
  12. 5. Islamic Law: Sharīʿah and Sharʿ 87
  13. 6. Faith, in the Qur’ān; and its Relation to Belief 110
  14. 7. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Taṣdīq 135
  15. 8. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Arkān 162
  16. PART THREE: Islam in the Indian Context; and Muslim-Hindu Relations
  17. 9. The Crystallization of Religious Communities in Mughul India 177
  18. 10. The ʿUlamā̕ in Indian Politics 197
  19. 11: Aligarh and Religion: A Question 213
  20. 12. Religious Diversity: Muslim–Hindū Relations in India 217
  21. PART FOUR: Muslim–Christian Relations
  22. 13. Some Similarities and Some Differences Between Christianity and Islām 233
  23. 14. Muslim–Christian Interrelations Historically: An Interpretation 247
  24. 15. Muslim and Christian: Faith Convergence, Belief Divergence 265
  25. 16. Is the Qur’ān the Word of God? 282
  26. Notes 301
  27. Publications of Wilfred Cantwell Smith 335
  28. Selective Index 345
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Chapters in this book

  1. i-iv i
  2. General Editor’s Preface v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Contents xi
  5. General Introduction xiii
  6. PART ONE: General Presentations
  7. 1. Islamic History as a Concept 3
  8. 2. The Shahādah as Symbolic Representation of Muslims’ Faith 26
  9. PART TWO: Specific Presentations
  10. 3. The Historical Development in Islām of the Concept of Islām as an Historical Development 41
  11. 4. Islamic Law: Its ‘Sources’ (Uṣūl al-fiqh) and Ijtihād 78
  12. 5. Islamic Law: Sharīʿah and Sharʿ 87
  13. 6. Faith, in the Qur’ān; and its Relation to Belief 110
  14. 7. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Taṣdīq 135
  15. 8. Faith, in Later Islamic History; the Meaning of Arkān 162
  16. PART THREE: Islam in the Indian Context; and Muslim-Hindu Relations
  17. 9. The Crystallization of Religious Communities in Mughul India 177
  18. 10. The ʿUlamā̕ in Indian Politics 197
  19. 11: Aligarh and Religion: A Question 213
  20. 12. Religious Diversity: Muslim–Hindū Relations in India 217
  21. PART FOUR: Muslim–Christian Relations
  22. 13. Some Similarities and Some Differences Between Christianity and Islām 233
  23. 14. Muslim–Christian Interrelations Historically: An Interpretation 247
  24. 15. Muslim and Christian: Faith Convergence, Belief Divergence 265
  25. 16. Is the Qur’ān the Word of God? 282
  26. Notes 301
  27. Publications of Wilfred Cantwell Smith 335
  28. Selective Index 345
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