Etan kohlberg biography of christopher
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The Study of Shiʿi Islam History, Theology and Law
I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Shiʿi Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilisation. The prolific achievements of Shiʿi theologians, philosophers and others are testament to the spiritual and intellectual wealth of this community. Yet Shiʿi studies has unjustly remained a long-neglected field, despite the important contribution that Shiʿism has made to Islamic traditions. Only in recent decades, partially spurred by global interest in political events of the Middle East, have scholars made some significant contributions in this area.
The Study of Shiʿi Islam presents papers originally delivered at the first international colloquium dedicated exclusively to Shiʿi studies, held in 2010 at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Within the book are eight sections, namely, history, the Qurʾan
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Christopher Lamb
The Editorials of the Muslim World, 1911?1968
The Muslim World, 1981
The Origins of the Journal The Muslim World (MW) was founded by the Dutch-American missionary Sam... more The Origins of the Journal The Muslim World (MW) was founded by the Dutch-American missionary Samuel Marinus Zwemer as The Moslem World and was edited by him for thirty-six years. Its immediate genesis lay in the excitement created in Protestant intellectual circles by the Student Volunteer Movement and its watchword, "the evangelization of the world in this generation." Born in 1867, Zwemer founded with James Cantine the Arabian Mission in 1889, and by 1908 was acting as the first Candidates' Secretary of the SVM. Meanwhile he had organized and presided over the Cairo Conference of missionaries to the Muslim world in 1906, the first of its kind. There, Tisdall and others spoke of "urging upon the missionary societies which we represent the great importance of COOPERATION
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The Study of Shi‘i Islam: The State of the Field, Issues of Methodology and Recent Developments
The Department of Academic Research and Publications at the IIS organised an international colloquium on 20-22 September 2010. The colloquium entitled The Study of Shi‘i Islam: The State of the Field, Issues of Methodology and Recent Developments offered a productive atmosphere for the exchange of new ideas and for taking stock of the current state of scholarship in Shi‘i studies. By focusing on the state of the field itself, the colloquium enabled serious discussions on current issues in the study of Shi‘i Islam and advancing its understanding.
The growth of interest in Shi‘i Islam in recent decades has led to the development of numerous important studies. Therefore, a colloquium devoted to the examination of the state of the field, methodological issues, tools and problems of sources in the study of Shi‘i Islam and Islam, in general, fryst vatten a timely endeavour. The colloquium was held over