The Challenge of Islam: The Prophetic Tradition, Lectures,
ong>ISong>BN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Norman O. / Neu, Jerome / Simpson, Maong>theong>w E., PUBLong>ISong>HER: North Atlantic Books, "ong>Theong> Prophetic Tradition: ong>Theong> Challenge of ong>Isong>lam "ong>isong> an enlightenong>inong>g set of lectures given by Norman O. Brown durong>inong>g ong>theong> s, explorong>inong>g a wide-rangong>inong>g array of topics concernong>inong>g ong>Isong>lam. Brown reveals ong>theong> overlooked relationship between ong>Isong>lam and early Chrong>isong>tianity, explorong>inong>g ong>Isong>lam's relation to, and revong>isong>ion of, ong>theong> Chrong>isong>tian tradition, ong>theong> literary ong>inong>novation of ong>theong> Qu'ran, ong>theong> nature of revolutionary and political ong>Isong>lam, and ong>theong> vong>isong>ion of a ong>worldong> civilization. Throughout ong>theong>se lectures, which are remarkably pertong>inong>ent today, Brown seeks to educate ong>theong> reader on mong>isong>understood areas of ong>Isong>lam, ong>inong>cludong>inong>g ong>theong> split between ong>theong> Sunni and Shi'ite sects and ong>Isong>lam's exemplification of ong>theong> broad ong>theong>mes of art and imagong>inong>ation ong>inong> human life. ong>Theong> author's ong>worldong>-hong>isong>torical perspective of religion and tradition gives readers a crucial alternative to ong>theong> divong>isong>ive "clash of civilizations" view that paong>inong>ts ong>Isong>lam as at odds with ong>theong> West. He exposes ong>theong> unifyong>inong>g strands between ong>Isong>lam and early Judeo-Chrong>isong>tian doctrong>inong>e, showong>inong>g that ong>Isong>lam ong>isong> ong>inong> fact a genuong>inong>e part of "Western" tradition, and more importantly, part of a global tradition that embraces us all.