No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Reza Aslan Page ID: B004SOQ0U8
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File Size: 2047 KBPrint Length: 384 pagesPublisher: Random House; Updated edition (August 30, 2011)Publication Date: August 30, 2011 Sold by: Random House LLC Language: EnglishID: B004SOQ0U8Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #30,479 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Religion > Islam #12 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies & Reference > History #15 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Religion & Spirituality > Islam
Iranian born Dr. Reza Aslan was seven years old when his family fled the Iranian revolution and arrived in America. He would grow up a Persian Muslim in a relatively open America. Here he would earn a Master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School and his doctorate in the Sociology of Religion from the University of California, Santa Barbara. In other words Dr. Asan grew up in a world where he was very separate and distinct from his surroundings and reacted to the situation by seriously studying the history and meanings behind these distinctions.
In his book No God but God the reader is given the benefit of this thoughtful man’s years of study. The majority of this book is a readable and systematic description of the theology and history of the Muslim religion. One of my favorite old Bible stories is that of the "Still Small Voice". The lesson from this story is to ignore the storms and bombast the world can give us and listened to the quiet internal logic of real inspiration. Dr. Aslan would never claim to be the still voice of God, but the tone of his book is that of a calm, confident, and knowledgeable instructor.
In reading the biography of Mohammed we meet a man whose divine inspiration may be a matter of debate in the West; but who lived a life remarkable for his ability to succeed in building one of the world’s great religions. Along the way he would negotiate alliances and conduct warfare with and without the advantages that would normally guarantee diplomatic or military victory. The collections of his sayings that would be later assembled into the Koran appear to reflect the co-mixture of the words needed to inspire an Army, promote cooperation from allies and to inspire fear in enemies.
This book is a fascinating read. Starting with the pre-Islamic Arabia, it traces the evolution of Islam all the way to the recent popular pro-democracy uprisings in the middle east – the updated edition that is. Along the way, it marries history with erudite commentary, answers a few dogmatic points of views, & raises, rather honestly, quite a few questions.
Quite a good many of the chapters dwell on the rise of Islam in the desert of the Arabian peninsula, the life of Muhammad & its strife, the power struggles after Muhammad’s death, the expansion of Islam to far away corners beyond its humble Arab origins, & the consolidation of the ways & practices into codified religion. It further does a great job of articulating both the evolution & description, if not definition, of the various sects – namely the Sunni, the Shia, & the Sufi.
The tales continue into the modern nineteenth, twentieth & twenty first centuries – the story of Iran is a gripping one – & the book continues its journey into the many ideological branches that evolved in this period – the politics of Islam at battle with colonialism & a fast modernizing world, & the divergent pulls of reformist agendas against fundamentalist ones. Finally, the author speculates a little on the future of Islam, its diaspora in the western world with deep connections to each other & the larger community using the internet.
For me, the chapters on what defines a Muslim, to the extent possible, & the related symbolism of such practices was an eye-opener.
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