Over the course of the last 1400 years, Islam has grown from a small band of followers on the Arabian peninsula into a global religion of over a billion believers. How did this happen? The usual answer is that Islam spread by the sword-that believers waged jihad against rival tribes and kingdoms and forced them to convert. Lamin Sanneh argues that this is far from the case.
Over the course of the last 1400 years, Islam has grown from a small band of followers on the Arabian peninsula into a global religion of over a billion believers. How did this happen? The usual answer is that Islam spread by the sword-that believers waged jihad against rival tribes and kingdoms and forced them to convert. Lamin Sanneh argues that this is far from the case.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lamin O. Sanneh is D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity and Professor of History at Yale. He is the author of several books, including Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity (OUP, 2007).
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Author's Note Acknowledgments Introduction: Issues and Directions Part One: Historical Genesis Chapter 1: Beyond North Africa: Transmission and Synthesis Chapter 2: Beyond the Veil: Almoravids and Ghana Chapter 3: Beyond Desert Trails: Mobility and Settlement Chapter 4: Beyond Routes and Kingdoms: New Frontiers, Old Heartlands Part Two: Clerical Emergence Chapter 5: Beyond Trade and Markets: Community and Vocation Chapter 6: Beyond Homeland: Religious Formation and Expansion Chapter 7: Beyond Tribe and Tongue in Futa Jallon: Religion and Ethnicity Chapter 8: Beyond Consolidation: Rejuvenating the Heritage Chapter 9: Beyond Confrontation: Crisis and Denouement Chapter 10: Beyond Confinement: Mobile Cells and the Clerical Web Chapter 11: Beyond Consensus: A House Divided Part Three: Wider Horizons Chapter 12: Beyond Jihad: Champions and Opponents Chapter 13: Beyond Politics: Comparative Perspectives Chapter 14: End of Jihad?: Tradition and Continuity Bibliography Timeline Glossary Index
Author's Note Acknowledgments Introduction: Issues and Directions Part One: Historical Genesis Chapter 1: Beyond North Africa: Transmission and Synthesis Chapter 2: Beyond the Veil: Almoravids and Ghana Chapter 3: Beyond Desert Trails: Mobility and Settlement Chapter 4: Beyond Routes and Kingdoms: New Frontiers, Old Heartlands Part Two: Clerical Emergence Chapter 5: Beyond Trade and Markets: Community and Vocation Chapter 6: Beyond Homeland: Religious Formation and Expansion Chapter 7: Beyond Tribe and Tongue in Futa Jallon: Religion and Ethnicity Chapter 8: Beyond Consolidation: Rejuvenating the Heritage Chapter 9: Beyond Confrontation: Crisis and Denouement Chapter 10: Beyond Confinement: Mobile Cells and the Clerical Web Chapter 11: Beyond Consensus: A House Divided Part Three: Wider Horizons Chapter 12: Beyond Jihad: Champions and Opponents Chapter 13: Beyond Politics: Comparative Perspectives Chapter 14: End of Jihad?: Tradition and Continuity Bibliography Timeline Glossary Index
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