Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9.

Whilst typical modern discourse on Islam speaks of terms such as traditionalism, secularism, salafism, sufism, liberalism, terrorism, etc, the book under review represents an assiduous venture into the historical formative period of Islamic thought and civilisation where traditional Islamic scri...

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spelling iium-654372023-07-05T07:57:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65437/ Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9. Jamil, Khairil Husaini BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue BP135 Hadith literature. Traditions. Sunna BP89 History and criticism KBP Islamic Law KBP50 History, development and application of Islamic law Whilst typical modern discourse on Islam speaks of terms such as traditionalism, secularism, salafism, sufism, liberalism, terrorism, etc, the book under review represents an assiduous venture into the historical formative period of Islamic thought and civilisation where traditional Islamic scriptural sciences were at the peak of attention and formulation. Focusing mostly on the second half of the ninth century, Christopher Melchert, a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Oxford, evinces through this collection of engaging articles his profound sympathy for the prominent Muslim historical figures, who according to the editors of this Lockwood series, belong to various pietistic currents that seemed sceptical of some rationalistic tendencies of the time. As a person who has been observing the traditional, rational and spirito-mystical orientations and dimensions in ḥadīth studies ..... IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-06-13 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65437/1/65437_Review%20of%20%27%E1%B8%A4ad%C4%ABth%2C%20Piety.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65437/2/65437_Review%20of%20%27%E1%B8%A4ad%C4%ABth%2C%20Piety_WOS.pdf Jamil, Khairil Husaini (2018) Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (1). pp. 263-267. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639 http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/1124
spellingShingle BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue
BP135 Hadith literature. Traditions. Sunna
BP89 History and criticism
KBP Islamic Law
KBP50 History, development and application of Islamic law
Jamil, Khairil Husaini
Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9.
title Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9.
title_full Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9.
title_fullStr Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9.
title_full_unstemmed Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9.
title_short Ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. By Christopher Melchert. Atlanta, Georgia: Lockwood Press, 2015. Pp. 359. ISBN: 978-1-937040-49-9.
title_sort ḥadīth, piety and law: selected studies. by christopher melchert. atlanta, georgia: lockwood press, 2015. pp. 359. isbn: 978-1-937040-49-9.
topic BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue
BP135 Hadith literature. Traditions. Sunna
BP89 History and criticism
KBP Islamic Law
KBP50 History, development and application of Islamic law
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