L'islam : Croyances et Institutions

Islam: Beliefs and Institutions

By H. Lammens

Beyrouth. 1944

Book is in the French language

L'islam : Croyances et Institutions, originally published in 1929, the writer is primarily concerned with Mohammad’s personality and prophetic career – one of the central issues of Islamic history. He argues that Mohammad’s career must be considered within the context of the urban and mercantile society of seventeenth century Mecca and rejects the idea that Islam was principally the creation of a nomadic environment.

Table of Contents

·         The Cradle of Islam: Pre-Islamite Arabia

·         Muhammad: The Founder of Islam

·         The Qoran

·         The "Sunna" or Tradition of Islam

·         Jurisprudence and Islamic Law

·         Asceticism and Mysticism of Islam

·         The Sects of Islam

·         Reformists and Modernists

Additional Information

·         Publisher: ‎    Imp . Catholique

·         Edition:         Third 1943 

·         Language: ‎   French

·         Paperback: ‎  334 pages

·         Item Weight: 1 pound 7 ounces

·         Dimensions: ‎ 9.75 x .75 inches x 6.50

Henri Lammens (July 1 1862 - Apr 23 1937) was an Orientalist historian and Jesuit, who wrote on the early history of Islam

Born in Gent, Belgium, Henri Lammens joined the Society of Jesus in Beirut at the age of fifteen. During his first eight years in Lebanon, Lammens mastered Arabic as well as Latin and Greek, and he studied philosophy at the Jesuit-run Saint Joseph University in Beirut. Between 1886 and 1891 he taught the Arabic language at Saint Joseph University. Starting in 1903 he taught Islamic history at the Oriental Studies Department at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. In 1907 he taught at the Jesuit-run universities at Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt, returning to Beirut in 1919.

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Condition: Book is in poor condition. Pages are unmarked, no highlighting or underling, and are intact.  No missing pages. Cover intact. Binding is mostly tight.  Some loosening toward back of book.

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