Islam as a Civilization

Autor/in	Butterworth, Charles E.
Titel	Islam as a Civilization
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 25 (2012) 1, S.94-104 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-012-9274-y
Schlagwörter	Muslims; Islam; Non Western Civilization; Religious Conflict; Religious Factors; Social Development; Social Influences; Traditionalism; Cultural Influences; Cultural Traits; Cultural Context; Cultural Maintenance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muslim; Muslimin; Religiöser Konflikt; Soziale Entwicklung; Sozialer Einfluss; Traditionalismus; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	The attention in the West, especially in the United States, now accorded Islam and those who conduct themselves according to its precepts betrays woeful ignorance of both. As Graham Fuller has persuasively argued in his recent book, "A World Without Islam", Western culture owes much to Islam as well as to Muslims and would be greatly impoverished had Islam never come to be or were it to pass away. The riches lost would derive as much from the religion as from the civilization to which it has given rise. This article considers both, the emphasis being on Islam and its genesis and development as part and parcel of a larger Arabic cultural tradition. (Contains 14 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10