Автор: Richard W. Bulliet
Издательство: Columbia University Press
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 0231127960
Количество страниц: 192
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Bulliet, a history professor at Columbia University and a former director of the Middle East Institute, offers a short, insightful book about Islam and Muslims that actually provides hope for the future. The book consists of four essays arguing that Islam and Christianity have tremendous common roots and history—as much as, or more than, Christianity and Judaism. Bulliet also contends that Western Christian policymakers and commentators, when encountering Islam, have reacted with knee-jerk Islamophobia and generalizations rather than thoughtfulness. Bulliet envisions a future, 20 years off at least, where Islamic countries will have active democracies. He also debunks the popular view that Islam has an inherent separation of church and state problem; Christians have had similar issues in the past, as he shows with the Church of England and other examples. Bulliet's optimism—which is backed up by solid arguments—is alluring, particularly where his counterparts can offer only gloom-and-doom scenarios. Bulliet's most brilliant insight, which comes in the last chapter, is the recognition that those Islamic movements on the fringe eventually become the center of Islam. The new leaders of Islam—probably those on the edge now, who have shown more diverse, tolerant attitudes—have not yet been heard from, he says. Although portions are written densely, this book is a quick, informative, and encouraging read.
Автор: Josef Meri
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 0199250782
Количество страниц: 350
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
This accessible study is the first critical investigation of the cult of saints among Muslims and Jews in medieval Syria and the Near East. Through case studies of saints and their devotees, discussion of the architecture of monuments, examination of devotional objects, and analysis of ideas of "holiness", Meri depicts the practices of living religion and explores the common heritage of these two faiths.
Автор: Владимир Леви
Издательство: Знание
Год издания: 1989
isbn: 5-07-000055-1
Количество страниц: 256
Язык: русский
Формат: DJVU
Эта книга объединяет в себе роман и учебник. Они о детях и не только о детях. Ребенок как человек и человек как ребенок: общение старшего с младшим; дети, не похожие на других; интимное воспитание; искусство внушения. Для семьи, для родителей и учителей, для всех - книга о Человеке. О понимании и любви.
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