On the Sociology of Islam

Description

A collection of lectures by the Iranian sociologist Ali Shari'ati (1933–1977) presenting his Islamic worldview and his approach to society. Chapters cover ways of understanding Islam, man and Islam, the world-view of tawhid, the creation of man, the philosophy of history through Cain and Abel, the dialectic of sociology, and the ideal society and ideal man. This edition includes a biobibliographical introduction, a foreword on the book's relevance today, and an index. Suitable for students and readers of Islamic thought and sociology.