Challenging Islamic traditions : searching questions about the Hadith from a Christian perspective /
The Hadith are Islam's most influential texts after the Qur'an. They outline in detail what the Qur'an often leaves unsaid. The Hadith are a foundation for Islamic law and theology and a key to understanding the worldview of Islam and why many Muslims do the things they do. This book...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprog: | engelsk |
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Pasadena, CA :
William Carey Library,
[2016]
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| Online adgang: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2334215 |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- I. Critical issues. The challenges of Identifying the Hadith
- Attitudes of scholars toward the Hadith
- The relationships between Quar'an and Hadith
- Muhammad's variant behavior
- Results of contradictory Hadiths
- The next generations
- Compilation of the Hadith
- Isnād and transmitter problems
- II. Contrasts with biblical teaching. Differing views of God
- The character and actions of Muhammad compared with Jesus
- Muhammad and Jesus, vengeance and violence
- Women in the Hadith
- History, Heaven and Hell
- III. Challenges from the other perspectives. Scientific problems in the Hadith
- Political, social, financial, and legal policies
- Human rights concerns
- IV. Practical implications
- To challenge or not to challenge?
- Conclusion.