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Indlæser... Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portraitaf Mohamad Jebara
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"An accessible and fresh biography boldly arguing that Muhammad's entrepreneurial mindset helped unleash the modern world "A beautifully written, immaculately researched meditation on the impact of the Prophet Muhammad on the modern world. I loved this book!" -Reza Aslan, author of No God but God and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth A six-year-old cries in his mother's arms as she draws her last breaths to urge him: "Muhammad, be a world-changer!" The boy, suddenly orphaned in a tribal society that fears any change, must overcome enormous obstacles to unleash his own potential and inspire others to do the same. Fusing details long known to Muslim scholars but inaccessible to popular audiences, Mohamad Jebara brings to life the gripping personal story of Islam's founding prophet. From his dramatic birth to nearly being abducted into slavery to escaping assassination, Muhammad emerges as an unrelenting man on a mission. Surrounding the protagonist are dynamic women who nurture Muhammad; Jewish and Christian mentors who inspire him; and the enslaved individuals he helps liberate who propel his movement. Jebara places Muhammad's life in a broader historical context, vividly evoking the Meccan society he was born into and arguing that his innovative vision helped shape our modern world"-- Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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Jebara argues that Muhammad regarded the Arabian society of his day as one suffering from ‘willful stagnation’. As a practical businessman he believed that change required both a sense of shared identity and greater economic opportunities. He therefore commenced by acting as a mediator among the various tribal and factional groups of the Arabian peninsula, later embracing the roles of oracle and warrior, thus combining several positions that tribal society, given its aversion to centralised power, had previously kept separate.
Jebara gives special emphasis to the role of women in the Prophet’s thinking. Women were among the first to accept his teachings, were members of Mecca’s assembly and one was even appointed mayor of Medina. He also appointed a woman as the first educator of the faithful and another as an imam. This stands in stark contrast to the subsequent development of paternalism within the faith.
Read the rest of the review at HistoryToday.com.
Lawrence Rosen is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and the author of Islam and the Rule of Justice: Image and Reality in Muslim Law and Culture (The University of Chicago Press, 2018).