Foundations of islam - Volume 1, The different apects of islamic culture

UNESCO

Publié par Unesco, le 13 mai 2017

1024 pages

Résumé

This series of volumes on the manifold facets of Islamic culture is intended to acquaint a very wide public with such matters as : the theological bases of the faith and principles that constitute the bedrock of the overall structure ; the status of the individual and of society in the Islamic world ; the expansion of Islam since the Revelation : the Arab, Asian, African and European spheres espousing the new faith and the way in which the rights of converted peoples have been upheld ; the vital contribution of Islamic civilization to the adventure of human knowledge in science and technology ; the educational and cultural manifestations of Islamic civilization in literature, the visual arts and architecture ; finally, Islam today between loyalty to its past and the inescapable conquest of modernity.