RELIGST 2Q03 Lecture : notes

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2Q03
• Professor: Liyakat Takim

Document Summary

Islam: faith and history by mahmoud ayoub takes a phenomenal approach it is probable that muhammad was hanif the value system in mecca; there was no after life the most important man was the person who engaged/lived in hedonistic activity historically they were a society that enjoyed; drinking, dancing fatalism* important for pre islamic arabia believe that there is no meaning of life after death. Hanif essentially a cross between a jewish and christian someone who did not subscribe to idol worship not being a polytheist in mecca we are not sure of it the history came much later/two centuries after the development of the world; the writing comes after scholars argue that it is hard to argue what you can prove historically is hard to establish where traditionalism and historians question is expressed in the first chapter cites ali hits the notion that everything lies on one creator there is no room for any contemplation otherwise.