Voices of Islam (Five Volumes Set)

HOW TO GO TO YOUR PAGE......Page 2
Voices of Islam......Page 9
Volume 1: Voices of Tradition
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Volume 1 Contents
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Introduction: Islam, Tradition, and Traditionalism......Page 19
1. Miracle of Sound at the Ka‘ba......Page 27
2. Pillars of Religion and Faith......Page 31
3. Ramadan House Guest......Page 69
4. The Qur’an, the Word of God......Page 73
5. Drunkenness of the Word......Page 89
6. Encountering the Qur’an: Contexts and Approaches......Page 91
7. Moses and the Saint......Page 123
8. Prophets and Messengers of God......Page 127
9. The Loom and The Bridge......Page 149
10. The Sunna: The Way of the Prophet Muhammad......Page 151
11. Vision of the Shariat......Page 173
12. The Shari‘a: Law as the Way of God......Page 175
13. A Man on the Road to God......Page 209
14. What Is Sunni Islam?......Page 211
15. What Is Shiite Islam?......Page 243
16. Beginning the Prayer......Page 271
17. What Is Sufism?......Page 275
Volume 1 Index......Page 297
Volume 2: Voices of the Spirit
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Volume 2 Contents
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Introduction: Voices of the Spirit......Page 339
1. Abraham’s Call: The Pilgrimage and the Call to Prayer......Page 351
2. Prayer at the Ka‘ba......Page 357
3. The Importance and Meaning of Prayer in Islam......Page 359
4. Vigil......Page 401
5. Dhikr, a Door That When Knocked, Opens: An Essay on the Remembrance of God......Page 403
6. There Was No One Like Him......Page 421
7. A Spiritual Tour of the Prophet’s City (Medina)......Page 425
8. Sparrow on the Prophet’s Tomb......Page 451
9. In the Realm of Mercy: A Visit to a Shiite Shrine......Page 455
10. The Passion of ‘Ashura in Shiite Islam......Page 461
11. The Hidden and the Most Hidden: The Heart as a Source of Spiritual Guidance......Page 475
12. Evil as the Absence of the Good......Page 481
13. The Blessed State of Fear: Reflections from Islam and Christianity......Page 489
14. Thomas Merton and a Sufi Saint......Page 493
15. The Sufi Way of Love and Peace......Page 507
16. Sufi Women’s Spirituality: A Theology of Servitude......Page 517
17. Fatima al-Yashrutiyya: The Life and Practice of a Sufi Woman and Teacher......Page 525
18. God’s Madman......Page 551
19. Jihad in Islam......Page 555
20. Letter to Mankind......Page 607
Volume 2 
Index......Page 611
Volume 3: Voices of Life: Family, Home, and Society
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Volume 3 Contents
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Introduction: Daily Life in Islam......Page 651
1. The Fabric of Muslim Daily Life......Page 661
2. Islam, Culture, and Women in a Bangladesh Village......Page 695
3. Marriage in Islam......Page 717
4. The Spiritual Significance of Marriage in Islam......Page 737
5. Respect for the Mother in Islam......Page 753
6. Pregnancy and Childbirth in Islam......Page 767
7. The Birth of Aliya Maryam......Page 773
8. Even at Night the Sun is There: Illness as a Blessing from God......Page 783
9. Caring for the Ill in Islam......Page 789
10. The Miracle of Pain......Page 809
11. Death and Burial in Islam......Page 811
12. Reflections on Death and Loss......Page 833
13. Die before You Die......Page 839
14. Sufi Foundations of the Ethics of Social Life in Islam......Page 841
15. Islam and Business......Page 857
Volume 3 Index
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Volume 4: Voices of Art, Beauty, and Science
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Volume 4 Contents
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Introduction: Beauty, Culture, and Creativity in Islam......Page 918
1. Islamic Art......Page 932
2. The Foundations of Islamic Art......Page 936
3. The Common Language of Islamic Art......Page 950
4. The Art and Ambience of Islamic Dress......Page 958
5. The Question of Images......Page 960
6. The Art of Qur’an Calligraphy......Page 964
7. The Art of Qur’an Illumination......Page 970
8. Art and Liturgy......Page 980
9. Music and Spirituality in Islam......Page 990
10. Regaining the Center: Gardens and Thresholds......Page 1020
11. The Islamic Garden: History, Symbolism, and the Qur’an......Page 1024
12. The Qur’anic Symbolism of Water......Page 1042
13. Islamic Literatures: Writing in the Shade of the Qur’an......Page 1052
14. Moths and Scattered Flames: Some Thoughts on Islam and Poetry......Page 1074
15. Medicine and Healing in Traditional Islam......Page 1084
Volume 4 Index
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Volume 5: Voices of Change
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Volume 5 Contents
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Introduction: Islamic Modernism and the Challenge of Reform......Page 1142
1. Creativity, Innovation, and Heresy in Islam......Page 1160
2. Is "Islamic" Philosophy Islamic?......Page 1182
3. Islam for the People: Muslim Men’s Voices on Race and Ethnicity in the American Umma......Page 1202
4. Islam in the African American Experience......Page 1228
5. Islam and Gender Justice......Page 1244
6. Transitions in the "Progress" of Civilization: Theorizing History, Practice, and Tradition......Page 1274
7. Sexual Diversity in Islam......Page 1290
8. Sufism in the West: Islam in an Interspiritual Age......Page 1328
9. I and Thou in a Fluid World: Beyond "Islam versus the West"......Page 1358
Volume 5 Index
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About the Editors and Contributors......Page 1394