The Externall History Of A Religious Tradition Often Seems Divorced From The Raison D' Etre Of Faith. The Spiritual Quest Is An Interior Journey; It Is A Psychic Rather Than A Political Drama. It Is Preoccupied With Liturgy, Doctrine, Contemplative Disciplines And An Exploration Of The Heart, Not With The State And Affairs Of The World, And Often Relish Doing So.
The Externall History Of A Religious Tradition Often Seems Divorced From The Raison D' Etre Of Faith.
Excerpt from Contributions to the History of Islamic Civilization: Containing a Translation of Von Kremer's Culturgeschichtliche Streifzuge Auf Dem Gebiete Des Islams Nearly fifty years have rolled away since this mono graph saw the light, but in spite of ceaseless activity in all branches of oriental learning it even now stands all but unrivalled. The reader will find here not merely the history of the origin and growth of the Islamic sects, but will also see sketched before him the social life of the early as well as of the later Muslims. He will be able to follow, step by Step. The changes which came over the sons of the desert. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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