Bücher von Tilman Nagel

Die Vorstellung, daß die Welt aus sich selber erklärbar sei, ist für das europäische Denken eine Selbstverständlichkeit, die die Deutung des Menschseins einschließt. Anders im Islam: Der Koran verkündet Allah als den einen niemals ruhenden Gestalter des Kosmos und des Schicksals des Menschen. Anhand von zahlreichen Quellen legt der Autor dar, wie diese Glaubenswahrheit in der Geschichte des islamischen Menschenverständnisses interpretiert wurde.

»What Is Islam?«Usually Islam is considered as a plurality of tenets that can hardly be summed up in a coherent system. In opposition to this thesis, Nagel argues that Islam emerges in late antiquity as an independent and clearly defined religious faith rejecting the core of Christianity. Allah is the omnipotent Lord who is continuously involved in mundane affairs leaving to humankind no place for self-determined activities. Nagel analyses the outlines of nascent Islam and then deals in great detail with the social and political consequences ensuing from the message of the prophet Muhammed. Finally he tackles the problems of a sober appraisal of Islam Europe has met with since the days of Enlightenment.

A study of Islam. Using the Koran and other primary sources, Tilman Nagel delves into Islamic history as he traces the development of Islamic doctrine. He explores the centrality of the Koran in Islamic theology and examines its canonization process and the themes of its message.