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Islam in Process: Historical and Civilizational Perspectives
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Abstract The articles included in this Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam are focused on two perspectives: Some link the comparative analysis of Islam to ongoing debates on the Axial Age and its role in the formation of major civilizational complexes, while others are more concerned with the historical const... view more
The articles included in this Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam are focused on two perspectives: Some link the comparative analysis of Islam to ongoing debates on the Axial Age and its role in the formation of major civilizational complexes, while others are more concerned with the historical constellations and sources involved in the formation of Islam as a religion and a civilization. More than any other particular line of inquiry, new historical and sociological approaches to the Axial Age revived the idea of comparative civilizational analysis and channeled it into more specific projects. A closer look at the very problematic place of Islam in this context will help to clarify questions about the Axial version of civilizational theory as well as issues in Islamic studies and sociological approaches to modern Islam.... view less
Keywords
Islam; religion; civilization; cultural history; cultural studies; history of religion
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
Axial Age Theory (history); Comparative Analysis of Civilisations; Islamic Studies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
329 p.
Series
Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam, 7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839404911
ISBN
3-89942-491-3
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0