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Islam, Christianity and tradition [electronic resource] : a comparative exploration / Ian Richard Netton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (1 v.)ISBN:
  • 9780748630257 (electronic bk.)
  • 0748630252 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islam, Christianity and tradition.DDC classification:
  • 262/.8 22
LOC classification:
  • BT88 .N48 2006eb
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Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index;
Summary: This book offers a unique comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity. The idea of 'tradition' has enjoyed a variety of senses and definitions in Islam and Christianity, but both have cleaved at certain times to a supposedly 'golden age' of tradition from the past. In comparing the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity, the following key themes are explored: the roles of authority; Fundamentalism; the use of reason; Ijtihad (independent thinking); and original comparisons between Islamic Salafism and Christian Lefebvrism. The author suggests there has been.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book offers a unique comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity. The idea of 'tradition' has enjoyed a variety of senses and definitions in Islam and Christianity, but both have cleaved at certain times to a supposedly 'golden age' of tradition from the past. In comparing the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity, the following key themes are explored: the roles of authority; Fundamentalism; the use of reason; Ijtihad (independent thinking); and original comparisons between Islamic Salafism and Christian Lefebvrism. The author suggests there has been.

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Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index;

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