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  • Islam as Imagined in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century English Literature
    Clinton Bennett
    Aimed at a non-specialist readership, this survey of early modern English literature examines how writers represented Islam. Many aimed to foment hostility or to encourage friendship. Anyone interested in how stereotypes are perpetuated and can be challenged today in an increasingly Islamophobic Western world will profit from reading it. ...
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    77,58 €

  • Islam as Imagined in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century English Literature
    Clinton Bennett
    Aimed at a non-specialist readership, this survey of early modern English literature examines how writers represented Islam. Many aimed to foment hostility or to encourage friendship. Anyone interested in how stereotypes are perpetuated and can be challenged today in an increasingly Islamophobic Western world will profit from reading it. ...
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    241,26 €

  • Promise, predicament and perplexity
    Clinton Bennett
    This book is a study of the contribution of Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), Master of Trinity College (Cambridge), to Western perceptions of Islam in the 17th century. In particular, it provides a translation and study of Barrow’s Latin essay on Islam (written in Constantinople), a Sermon on Islam and several other works that set out an embryonic theory of religion. Arguably, Barrow’...
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    72,25 €

  • In Search of Understanding
    Clinton Bennett
    Clinton Bennett reflects on four decades of engagement with Muslims and Christian-Muslim relations as a missionary, scholar, and interfaith activist. Set in the context of his personal story, chapters discuss a series of critical questions to the Christian-Muslim relationship reprising earlier writing. Bennett asks: can Christians appreciate the prophet Muhammad as a genuine me...
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    21,41 €

  • In Search of Understanding
    Clinton Bennett
    Clinton Bennett reflects on four decades of engagement with Muslims and Christian-Muslim relations as a missionary, scholar, and interfaith activist. Set in the context of his personal story, chapters discuss a series of critical questions to the Christian-Muslim relationship reprising earlier writing. Bennett asks: can Christians appreciate the prophet Muhammad as a genuine me...
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    38,50 €

  • Researching into Teaching Methods
    Chris (All Senior Lecturers Higgins / Clinton Bennett / Lorraine Foreman-Peck
    This is one of a series of short, practical guides aimed at lecturers and tutors in colleges and universities, to help them get started on research. It covers all aspects of teaching methods, strategies for interactive teaching methods, small and large group teaching and student learning. ...
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    268,52 €

  • The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies
    Clinton Bennett
    The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studiesis a comprehensive survey of the field - past, present and future. Providing an overview of the key theoretical and methodological issues, as well as practical guidance on researching, it is the ideal guide for advanced students in Islamic Studies.Topics and case studies covered include:- Qur’anic Studies- Islamic Theology- Islam and t...
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    63,23 €

  • Muslim Women of Power
    Clinton Bennett
    Five women have served as leaders of Muslim countries, namely Megawati Sukarnoputri (Vice President of Indonesia, 1991-2001 and President 2002-4), Benazir Bhutto (PM of Pakistan, 1988-90 and 1993-6), Sheikh Hasina (PM of Bangladesh, 1996-2001), Khaleda Zia (PM of Bangladesh, 1991-5 and 2001-6) and Tansu Çiller (PM of Turkey, 1993-6). This is an extraordinary record and somewhat...
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    66,72 €

  • Muslim Women of Power
    Clinton Bennett / Rupert Till
    Five women have served as leaders of Muslim countries, namely Megawati Sukarnoputri (Vice President of Indonesia, 1991-2001 and President 2002-4), Benazir Bhutto (PM of Pakistan, 1988-90 and 1993-6), Sheikh Hasina (PM of Bangladesh, 1996-2001), Khaleda Zia (PM of Bangladesh, 1991-5 and 2001-6) and Tansu Çiller (PM of Turkey, 1993-6). This is an extraordinary record and somewhat...
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    285,07 €

  • Studying Islam
    Clinton Bennett
    This volume in the Studying World Religions series is an essential guide to the study of the Islamic faith. Clearly structured to cover all the major areas of study, including historical foundations, scripture, society, thought, ethics, rituals, spirituality and aesthetics, this is the ideal study aid for those approaching Islam for the first time.Rather than attempting to cove...
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    39,44 €

  • Interpreting the Qur’an
    Clinton Bennett
    Post 9/11, sales of translations of the Qur’an have greatly increased. Students and general readers alike are increasingly interested in the sacred writings of Islam. But the Qur’an can often make difficult reading. It lacks continuous narrative, and different types of material dealing with different topics are often found in the same chapter. Also, readers often attempt to rea...
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    46,22 €

  • Interpreting the Qur’an
    Clinton Bennett
    Post 9/11, sales of translations of the Qur’an have greatly increased. Students and general readers alike are increasingly interested in the sacred writings of Islam. But the Qur’an can often make difficult reading. It lacks continuous narrative, and different types of material dealing with different topics are often found in the same chapter. Also, readers often attempt to rea...
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    298,38 €

  • Christianity and Islam
    Clinton Bennett / W. R. W. Stephens
    Based on lectures delivered in Chichester Cathedral, this book mirrors typical nineteenth century English attitudes toward the non-European space. This needed Christianity and European political oversight, or its people would remain backward and spiritually lost. The book shows how someone whose inclinations were liberal could look at Islam and dislike what he saw. On the other...
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    187,68 €

  • Understanding Christian-Muslim Relations
    Clinton Bennett
    For centuries Christians and Muslims have engaged with each other in manifold ways, peaceful and otherwise, be it in scholarly study, or in war and colonization. Today, Christians represent an influential body of opinion that largely perceives Islam, post 9/11, as a threat. Yet Muslims represent approximately one third of the world’s population. Improved understanding between C...
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    66,65 €

  • Understanding Christian-Muslim Relations
    Clinton Bennett
    For centuries Christians and Muslims have engaged with each other in manifold ways, peaceful and otherwise, be it in scholarly study, or in war and colonization. Today, Christians represent an influential body of opinion that largely perceives Islam, post 9/11, as a threat. Yet Muslims represent approximately one third of the world’s population. Improved understanding between...
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    285,01 €

  • Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostle’s Creed
    Clinton Bennett
    Doctrinal preaching has fallen on hard times in recent years. Exploring and Proclaiming the Apostles’ Creed seeks to stimulate renewed interest in - and provide useful models of - Christian proclamation that is truly rooted in the central tenets of the faith. Using the Apostles’ Creed as a template for doctrinal, confessional preaching, this book draws together an ecumenical ca...
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    44,22 €

  • Muslims and Modernity
    Clinton Bennett
    Can democracy flourish in Muslim society? What does the Qur’an say about women, minorities, human rights? Are Islam and the West on a collision course? After 9/11, much has been written about the inevitability of a clash between Islam and the West, as their worldviews compete for global supremacy. Recent developments have done little to challenge this thesis, or the West’s nega...
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    75,62 €

  • Muslims and Modernity
    Clinton Bennett
    Can democracy flourish in Muslim society? What does the Qur’an say about women, minorities, human rights? Are Islam and the West on a collision course? After 9/11, much has been written about the inevitability of a clash between Islam and the West, as their worldviews compete for global supremacy. Recent developments have done little to challenge this thesis, or the West’s nega...
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    349,99 €

  • Cinema and the Second Sex
    Clinton Bennett
    Women’s film-making in France is a source of both delight and despair. On the one hand, the numbers are impressive--during the period in question, over 250 feature-length films were made by over 100 women directors in France. On the other hand, despite the heritage of French feminism, French women directors characteristically disclaim their gender as a sigificant factor in thei...
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    67,68 €

  • In Search of Muhammad
    Clinton Bennett
    Who was Muhammad? What do Muslims believe about him? What have non-Muslims said about him? Why has he been such a controversial figure? Why have non-Muslims called him a charlatan, and oppurtunist? Why Muslims call him the ’perfect man’? Why have his sexuality and his military exploits attracted censure? Are the texts available for constructing his biography reliable or suspect...
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    96,58 €

  • In Search of the Sacred
    Clinton Bennett
    This book traces the birth and development of two related but distinct disciplines, anthropology and the study of religions. It begins by locating these within the intellectual climate of the nineteenth century, and within this historical framwork goes on to discuss the contributions of such significant scholars as James George Frazer, F. Max Muller, Emile Durkheim, Mary Dougla...
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    76,00 €

  • Researching into Teaching Methods
    Chris (All Senior Lecturers Higgins / Chris (All Senior Lecturers We Higgins / Clinton Bennett / Lorraine Foreman-Peck
    This is one of a series of short, practical guides aimed at lecturers and tutors in colleges and universities, to help them get started on research. It covers all aspects of teaching methods, strategies for interactive teaching methods, small and large group teaching and student learning. ...
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    102,14 €