Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters – A Scholarly Portrait of Islam's Founder, History, and Contemporary Muslim Life. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters – A Scholarly Portrait of Islam's Founder, History, and Contemporary Muslim Life

Who was Muhammad? What do we know historically, and does that differ from how he is seen by his followers and venerated today? Memories of Muhammad presents Muhammad as a lens through which to view both the genesis of Islamic religion and the grand sweep of Islamic history—right up to the hot button issues of the day, such as the spread of Islam, holy wars, the status of women, the significance of Jerusalem, and current tensions with Jews, Hindus and Christians. It also provides a rare glimpse into how Muslims spiritually connect to God through their Prophet, in the mosque, in the home, and even in cyberspace.

This definitive biography of the founder of Islam by a leading Muslim-American scholar, Omid Safi, will reveal invaluable new insights, finally providing a fully three-dimensional portrait of Muhammad and the one billion people who follow him today.

Omid Safi, Ph.D., is professor of Islamic studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he specializes in Islamic mysticism (Sufism), contemporary Islamic thought, and medieval Islamic history. He is the chair for the Study of Islam at the American Academy of Religion and a member of the advisory board of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. He is also the author of The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam and the editor of Progressive Muslims, which contains a diverse collection of essays by and about Muslims who are seeking reform within their tradition. Safi is at the forefront of the debate to engage the spiritual legacy of Islam with a progressive commitment to social justice and pluralism.