Da'wa
A Global History of Islamic Missionary Thought and Practice
Published on 30. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-4744-5153-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this engaging study, Matthew J. Kuiper tells the fascinating story of how Islam became a world religion and cultural phenomenon of immense scale, astonishing diversity and global impact. His starting point is the dramatic upsurge in Islamic missionary activism and widespread Muslim recovery of the classical concept of da'wa ('inviting' to Islam, or Islamic mission) in recent times.
Going back to Islam's origins, Kuiper then carefully chronicles 14 centuries of history, from the 7th-century da'was of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad to diverse da'wa initiatives in today's global religious marketplaces. Paying attention to changing contexts, and to themes like the interplay between the religious and the political, Islamic relations with other religions, and the transformations of modernity, he develops a nuanced and original portrait of the past, present and future of Islamic missionary thought and practice.
Going back to Islam's origins, Kuiper then carefully chronicles 14 centuries of history, from the 7th-century da'was of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad to diverse da'wa initiatives in today's global religious marketplaces. Paying attention to changing contexts, and to themes like the interplay between the religious and the political, Islamic relations with other religions, and the transformations of modernity, he develops a nuanced and original portrait of the past, present and future of Islamic missionary thought and practice.
Reviews / Votes
Kuiper presents a carefully contextualized survey of the complex history of 'calling' others to Islam.?From deliberate proselytization to almost incidental Islamization, Kuiper shows the variety of mechanisms by which Islam became a global religion, while highlighting important distinctions between the spread of Islam in medieval times and the modern emergence of formal missionary movements. This is a lucid, judicious and much-needed overview of a key dimension of Muslim religious history. * Nile Green, author of Global Islam: A Very Short Introduction *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
13 black and white illustrations, 7 black and white maps
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
502 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-5153-6 (9781474451536)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Matthew J. Kuiper is Assistant Professor of Religion at Hope College, and author of Da'wa and Other Religions: Indian Muslims and the Modern Resurgence of Global Islamic Activism (Routledge, 2018).
Content
List of Figures; List of Boxes; Dedication; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Dates; Introduction; Part I: The Pre-Modern Missionary History of Islam; 1. The First Invitation to Islam: Da'wa in the Qur'an; 2. The Best Inviter: Da'wa in Prophetic Sira and Hadith; 3. Da'wa after the Prophet, c. 632-1100 CE; 4. Da'wa in Medieval and Early Modern Islamic History, c. 1100-1700 CE; Part II: The Modern Missionary History of Islam; Introduction to Part II; 5. Contextualising Modern Da'wa, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries; 6.The First Phase of Modern Da'wa, c. 1850-1950: A Survey; 7. The Second Phase of Modern Da'wa, c. 1950-2020: A Survey; Bibliography; Index.