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The Islamic qāṣṣ (preacher/storyteller) has been viewed most commonly as a teller of stories, primarily religious in nature and often unreliable. Building on material of over a hundred quṣṣāṣ from the rise of Islam through the end of the Umayyad period, this book offers the most comprehensive study of the early Islamic qāṣṣ to-date. By constructing profiles of these preachers/ storytellers and examining statements attributed to them, it argues that they were not merely storytellers but were in fact a complex group with diverse religious interests. The book demonstrates how the style and conduct of their teaching sessions distinguished them from other teachers and preachers and also explores their relationship with early religio-political movements, as well as with the Umayyad administration.

The Islamic qāṣṣ (preacher/storyteller) has been viewed most commonly as a teller of stories, primarily religious in nature and often unreliable. Building on material of over a hundred quṣṣāṣ from the rise of Islam through the end of the Umayyad period, this book offers the most comprehensive study of the early Islamic qāṣṣ to-date. By constructing profiles of these preachers/ storytellers and examining statements attributed to them, it argues that they were not merely storytellers but were in fact a complex group with diverse religious interests. The book demonstrates how the style and conduct of their teaching sessions distinguished them from other teachers and preachers and also explores their relationship with early religio-political movements, as well as with the Umayyad administration.

About The Words of the Imams
Ibn Babawayh – also known by his honorific title of al-Shaykh al-Saduk - was an Imami Shi'i scholar of the early Buwayhid period. He is best known as a major hadith scholar, being the author of Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih, one of the four canonical books of Shi'ite Islam.

Despite his importance, al-Saduq has received little scholarly attention. Neither is there any book length study on Shi'i hadith literature, the discipline being overwhelmingly dominated by studies of Sunni hadith. George Warner's book fill this gap. It is a study of al-Saduq – one of the foundational figures of Twelver Shi'ism, a scholar of the hadith, a member of the Buwayhid court and a writer or great skill and ingenuity – and it sheds light on the richness of the later Abbasid religious and intellectual culture.

The traditional account of the Prophet Muhammad’s ascension has inspired generations of writers and storytellers from the beginnings of Islam until today. By the tenth century, narratives describing Muhammad’s encounter with prophets and angels, his colloquy with God, and his visits of heaven and hell lead to the formation of the ""Book of Ascension,"" a novelizing and engaging literary genre most commonly written in Arabic and Seljuk Turkic. This is the study of an extremely rare Persian ""Book of Ascension,"" which was written in Persian by an anonymous author and dates from the Ilkhanid Period (1256-1353). Christiane Gruber presents an English translation alongside the original manuscript text, together with critical commentary. The text appears to promote adherence, as well as to encourage conversion, to Sunni Islam -- providing a fascinating insight into the interplay between artistic practices and missionary efforts aimed at promoting Sunni Islam in Persian lands during Ilkhanid rule.

Forced Conversion in Christianity, Judaism and Islam

Coercion and Faith in Premodern Iberia and Beyond

Series: 
Numen Book Series, Volume: 164

Editors: Mercedes García-Arenal and Yonatan Glazer-Eytan

Focusing on the Iberian Peninsula but examining related European and Mediterranean contexts as well, Forced Conversion in Christianity, Judaism and Islam traces how Christians, Jews, and Muslims grappled with the contradictory phenomenon of faith brought about by constraint and compulsion. Forced conversion brought into sharp relief the tensions among the accepted notion of faith as a voluntary act, the desire to maintain “pure” communities, and the universal truth claims of radical monotheism. Offering a comparative view of an important yet insufficiently studied phenomenon in the history of religions, this collection of essays explores the ways in which religion and violence reshaped these three religions and the ways we understand them today.

Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity

Studies in the History of Religions in Honour of Jan N. Bremmer

Series: 

Numen Book Series, Volume: 127

Editors: Jitse Dijkstra, Justin Kroesen, and Yme Kuiper

This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer contains the contributions of numerous students, colleagues, and friends offered to him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Throughout his career, Bremmer has distinguished himself as an internationally renowned scholar of religion both past and present, including first and foremost Greek and Roman religion, but also early Christianity and post-classical developments in religion and spirituality. In line with these three main areas of Bremmer’s research, the volume is divided into three parts, bringing together contributions from distinguished scholars in many fields. The result is a diverse book which provides a broad spectrum of original ideas and innovative approaches in the history of religions, thus reflecting the nature of the scholarship of Bremmer himself.

Cambridge History of Islam, which surveys the political and cultural history of Islam from its Late Antique origins until the eleventh century, brings together contributions from leading scholars in the field. The book is divided into four parts. The first provides an overview of the physical and political geography of the Late Antique Middle East. The second charts the rise of Islam and the emergence of the Islamic political order under the Umayyad and the Abbasid caliphs of the seventh, eighth and ninth centuries, followed by the dissolution of the empire in the tenth and eleventh. 'Regionalism', the overlapping histories of the empire's provinces, is the focus of Part Three, while Part Four provides a cutting-edge discussion of the sources and controversies of early Islamic history, including a survey of numismatics, archaeology and material culture.

Book Description
Leading scholars in the field survey the political and cultural history of Islam from its Late Antique origins until the eleventh century, and provide a cutting-edge discussion of the sources and controversies of early Islamic history, including a survey of numismatics, archaeology and material culture.

About the Author
Chase F. Robinson is Professor of Islamic History at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. He is the author of The Legacy of the Prophet: The Middle East and Islam, 600-1300 (forthcoming), Islamic Historiography (2003) and Empire and Elites after the Muslim Conquest: The Transformation of Northern Mesopotamia (2000).


المجلد الأول من تاريخ كامبريدج الجديد للإسلام ، الذي يستعرض التاريخ السياسي والثقافي للإسلام من أصوله العتيقة المتأخرة حتى القرن الحادي عشر ، يجمع مساهمات من كبار العلماء في هذا المجال. وينقسم الكتاب إلى أربعة أجزاء. الأول يقدم لمحة عامة عن الجغرافيا الطبيعية والسياسية في أواخر الشرق الأوسط. أما المخطوطة الثانية فتظهر صعود الإسلام وظهور النظام السياسي الإسلامي تحت حكم الأمويين والخلفاء العباسيين في القرنين السابع والثامن والتاسع ، يليه حل الإمبراطورية في القرنين العاشر والحادي عشر. إن "الإقليمية" ، التاريخ المتداخل لمقاطعات الإمبراطورية ، هي محور الجزء الثالث ، بينما يقدم الجزء الرابع نقاشا متقدما لمصادر وخلافات التاريخ الإسلامي المبكر ، بما في ذلك مسح لعلم السمو وعلم الآثار والثقافة المادية.

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Forced Conversion in Christianity, Judaism and Islam

Coercion and Faith in Premodern Iberia and Beyond

Series: 
Numen Book Series, Volume: 164

Editors: Mercedes García-Arenal and Yonatan Glazer-Eytan

Focusing on the Iberian Peninsula but examining related European and Mediterranean contexts as well, Forced Conversion in Christianity, Judaism and Islam traces how Christians, Jews, and Muslims grappled with the contradictory phenomenon of faith brought about by constraint and compulsion. Forced conversion brought into sharp relief the tensions among the accepted notion of faith as a voluntary act, the desire to maintain “pure” communities, and the universal truth claims of radical monotheism. Offering a comparative view of an important yet insufficiently studied phenomenon in the history of religions, this collection of essays explores the ways in which religion and violence reshaped these three religions and the ways we understand them today.

Myths, Martyrs, and Modernity

Studies in the History of Religions in Honour of Jan N. Bremmer

Series: 

Numen Book Series, Volume: 127

Editors: Jitse Dijkstra, Justin Kroesen, and Yme Kuiper

This volume in honour of Jan N. Bremmer contains the contributions of numerous students, colleagues, and friends offered to him on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Throughout his career, Bremmer has distinguished himself as an internationally renowned scholar of religion both past and present, including first and foremost Greek and Roman religion, but also early Christianity and post-classical developments in religion and spirituality. In line with these three main areas of Bremmer’s research, the volume is divided into three parts, bringing together contributions from distinguished scholars in many fields. The result is a diverse book which provides a broad spectrum of original ideas and innovative approaches in the history of religions, thus reflecting the nature of the scholarship of Bremmer himself.

Book: The Compassionate Family
By: Āyatollāh Sayyed Ali Khamenei

Anyone interested in understanding marital and family life will find this book to be of great significance. Within this book there is an exploration of the significance of marriage from the Islamic perspective regarding its role in society, it’s functionality physically, mentally and spiritually, and ways to positively raise children. In addition, distinct gender roles are analyzed as how it pertains to Islam’s outlook. Awareness of Hijab, gender regulations, worth and role of each gender, and rewards for the struggles associated with gender responsibilities are also discussed.

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Book: The Compassionate Family
By: Āyatollāh Sayyed Ali Khamenei

Anyone interested in understanding marital and family life will find this book to be of great significance. Within this book there is an exploration of the significance of marriage from the Islamic perspective regarding its role in society, it’s functionality physically, mentally and spiritually, and ways to positively raise children. In addition, distinct gender roles are analyzed as how it pertains to Islam’s outlook. Awareness of Hijab, gender regulations, worth and role of each gender, and rewards for the struggles associated with gender responsibilities are also discussed.

Subscribe here👇🏻@IslamicLibraryEnglishBooks