Contemporary Islam and the Challenge of History

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Prologue xi
• Part One The Significance of History: Social, Political, Economic, Military, and Intellectual Considerations 1
• Introduction 3
• Chapter One - the Challenge of Ascendancy and Decline 13
• Chapter Two - the Nationalist and Socialist Challenge 24
• Chapter Four - the Case of a Qur'Anic Exegete 46
• Chapter Five - the Case of the Feminist Movement 54
• Conclusion Towards an Islamic Response to the Challenge of History 71
• Part Two The Significance of History: The Perspective of Neo- Normative Arab Muslims 75
• Introduction 77
• Chapter Six - the Apologetic Response 83
• Chapter Seven - the Traditional Response 89
• Chapter Eight the Intellectualist Response 100
• Chapter Nine the Qur'Anic Foundation 114
• Conclusion Towards an Islamic Understanding of History 134
• Appendix A History Is Humanity's Way to God 145
• Appendix B The Philosophy of Islamic History 154
• Appendix C History as the Interpretation of Events by Sayyid Quṭb 162
• Appendix D Basic Principles of Islamic History 169
• Appendix E Islam Looks at History 174
• Appendix F Factors That Influence History 181
• Appendix G The Qur'anic Interpretation of History 188
• Notes 205
• Bibliography 237
• Index 247

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