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Title
The Lives of Muhammad / Kecia Ali.
Author
Ali, Kecia, author.
ISBN
9780674735514
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (296 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/harvard.9780674735514 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
297.6/3092
Summary
Recent outbursts sparked by a viral video and controversial cartoons powerfully illustrate the passions and sensitivities that continue to surround the depiction of the seventh-century founder of Islam. The Lives of Muhammad delves into the many ways the Prophet's life story has been told from the earliest days of Islam to the present, by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Emphasizing the major transformations since the nineteenth century, Kecia Ali shows that far from being mutually opposed, these various perspectives have become increasingly interdependent. Since the nineteenth century, two separate streams of writing, one hagiographic and the other polemical, have merged into a single, contentious story about the life of Muhammad. Protestant missionaries, European Orientalists, Indian and Egyptian modernists, and American voices across the spectrum, including preachers, scholars, Islamophobes, journalists, academics, and new-age gurus, debated Muhammad's character and the facts of his life. In the process, texts written symbolically came to be read literally. Muhammad's accomplishments as a religious and political leader, his military encounters with Meccans and Medinan Jews, and-a subject of perennial interest-his relationships with women, including his young wife Aisha, are among the key subjects writers engaged, repurposing early materials for new circumstances. Many of the ideas about Muhammad that Muslims embrace today-Muhammad the social reformer, Muhammad the consummate leader, Muhammad the ideal husband-arose in tandem and in tension with Western depictions. These were in turn shaped by new ideas about religion, sexuality, and human accomplishments.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014
EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Religion, Judaism 2014
Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Religion, Judaism 2014
Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Chronology
Introduction
1. The Historical Muhammad
2. A True Prophet
3. Eminent Muslims
4. The Wife of Muhammad
5. Mother of the Faithful
6. An Enlightened Man
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Chronology
Introduction
1. The Historical Muhammad
2. A True Prophet
3. Eminent Muslims
4. The Wife of Muhammad
5. Mother of the Faithful
6. An Enlightened Man
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index