This book, coming from the pen of the first serious Japanese scholar on Islam, discovers the substantive structure of the Qur'anic teaching in a fourfold relationship between God and man, viz., (i) God is the creator of man; (ii) He communicates His Will to man through revelation; (iii) there subsists a Lord-servant relationship between God and man and (iv) the concept of God as the God of good…
Islam, Bruce Lawrence argues, is a complex, international religious system that cannot be reduced to stereotypes. As Lawrence demonstrates, Islam is a religion shaped as much by its own postulates and ehical demands as by the specific circumstances of Muslim people in the modern world. It is time, Lawrence believes, to replace innacurate images of Islam with a recognition of the multifaced char…
Dalam kehidupan modern sekarang ini, pengalaman keberagamaan menjadi sesuatu yang kian mahal. Orientasi hidup manusia zaman modern ini yang lebih menekankan pada hal-hal yang bersifat fisik-material menjadikan aspek keberagamaan cenderung berada dalam wilayah pinggiran. Tidak banyak waktu dan energi yang diberikan untuk menggeluti tentang tujuan dan makna hidup. Buku ini berbicara tentang ba…