The Challenge of Islam: The Prophetic Tradition, Lectures,
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Norman O. / Neu, Jerome / Simpson, Maong>theong>w E., PUBLISHER: North Atlantic Books, "ong>Theong> Prophetic Tradition: ong>Theong> Challenge ong>ofong> Islam "is an enlightening set ong>ofong> lectures given by Norman O. Brown during ong>theong> s, exploring a wide-ranging array ong>ofong> topics concerning Islam. Brown reveals ong>theong> overlooked relationship between Islam and early ong>Christong>ianity, exploring Islam's relation to, and revision ong>ofong>, ong>theong> ong>Christong>ian tradition, ong>theong> literary innovation ong>ofong> ong>theong> Qu'ran, ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> revolutionary and political Islam, and ong>theong> vision ong>ofong> a world civilization. Throughout ong>theong>se lectures, which are remarkably pertinent today, Brown seeks to educate ong>theong> reader on misunderstood areas ong>ofong> Islam, including ong>theong> split between ong>theong> Sunni and Shi'ite sects and Islam's exemplification ong>ofong> ong>theong> broad ong>theong>mes ong>ofong> art and imagination in human life. ong>Theong> author's world-historical perspective ong>ofong> religion and tradition gives readers a crucial alternative to ong>theong> divisive "clash ong>ofong> civilizations" view that paints Islam as at odds with ong>theong> West. He exposes ong>theong> unifying strands between Islam and early Judeo-ong>Christong>ian doctrine, showing that Islam is in fact a genuine part ong>ofong> "Western" tradition, and more importantly, part ong>ofong> a global tradition that embraces us all.