Muslims - Vol 1: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices Volume 1: The Formative Years

by Andrew Rippin

Provides an introduction to the thought and practices of this frequently misunderstood religious group, using well-documented source material and recent research. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415045193
• ISBN13: 9780415045193
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Scholarly Exposition of Broad Currents in Muslim Thought

Based on the review from "reader in D.C", I think "reader" stopped after the first page of the introduction. The book isn't about loudspeakers in Turkey. Rippin lays out descriptions of different trends in contemporary Muslim thought (Modernist, Traditionist, and Radical Islamist [or "fundamentalist"--altho' he describes limitations in using that term]). He also warns against, e.g., dangers in the traditional "orientalist" approach that Edward Said has gotten so much mileage out of decrying. Normally I would've given four stars [Rip isn't exactly a feather-light prose stylist], but am giving five to balance "reader from D.C", who seems to have read the book he expected rather than the one written. Maybe he just doesn't like Rippin?