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1、ISLAMReligion,History,andCivilizationSeyyedHosseinNasrFORSINAContentsEpigraphviIntroductionvii1.IslamandtheIslamicWorld12.IslamasReligion253.DoctrinesandBeliefsofIslam594.TheDimensionsofIslam755.IslamicPractices,Ethics,andInstitutions916.ABriefJourneyThroughIslami

2、cHistory1157.SchoolsofIslamicThoughtandTheirHistory1538.IslamintheContemporaryWorld173Notes187RecommendedReading189Index193AbouttheAuthorCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherIntheNameofGod,theInfinitelyGood,theAll-MercifulIntroductionIslamisbothareligionandacivilization,

3、ahistoricalrealitythatspansoverfourteencenturiesofhumanhistoryandageographicalpresenceinvastareasstretchingovertheAsianandAfricancontinentsandevenpartsofEurope.Itisalsoaspiritualandmetahistoricalrealitythathastrans-formedtheinnerandouterlifeofnumeroushumanbeingsin

4、verydifferenttemporalandspatialcircumstances.Todayover1.2billionpeoplefromdifferentracialandculturalbackgroundsareMuslim,andhistoricallyIslamhasplayedasignificantroleinthedevelopmentofcertainaspectsofothercivilizations,especiallyWesterncivilization.NotonlyisIslamam

5、ajorpresenceintoday’sworld,butitsinfluenceisalsoevidentinthehistoryoftheChristianWest,nottomentionthatofIndiaandotherregionsofAsiaandAfrica.ThatiswhyknowledgeofIslamissoimportantforthoseconcernedwiththesituationofcontemporaryhumanityandthoseinterestedinWesternintel

6、lectualandculturalhistory,aswellasthoseattractedtotherealityofreligionandtheworldoftheSpiritassuch.viiviiiIntroductionOnewouldthink,therefore,thatthestudyofIslamwouldbewidespreadintheWestandespeciallyinAmerica,whichhasanotableMuslimminorityandwhichisnowabletoproje

7、ctsomuchpowerglobally—includingwithintheIslam-icworld.Such,however,isnotthecase,despitetheriseofinterestinIslamsincethetragiceventsofSeptember11,2001.Moreover,muchthatispresentedtodayintheEnglishlanguageasthestudyofIslambyso-calledexpertsisstrong-lycoloredbyvariou

8、sprejudicesandideologicalbiases,althoughthereareexceptions.Infact,althoughIslamicstud-ieshavebeencarriedoutintheWestforoverathousandyears,ineachperiodsu