From Baghdad to Beirut. Arab and Islamic Studies in Honor of John J. Donohue s.j.

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8 vo, 502 pp; English, French & Arabic text; paperback binding, copy in Mint condition, New, tables, Beiruter Texte Und Studien, Herausgegeben Vom, Band 108, Ergon Verlag Wurzburg in Kommission, Orient Institut. ISBN 9783899135732. Some of the contents:_x000d_ Leslie Tramontini, From Boston to Beirut via Baghdad - John Donohue s scholarship and humanism -- Chibli Mallat, Shaping the Future - John Donohue`s living legacy -- Henri Awaiss, "Manna wa-Salwa " from Iraq -- Mahmoud Chreih, Lovesickeness in the Song of Songs -- Maher Jarrar, Records of War and Biographies in Andalus: A study in the development of the concept of Jihad -- Chibli Mallat, On the Philosophy of Islamic Law -- Angelika Neuwirth, Heroes, Martyrs and fearless Loners. Reflections on Heroic Death in Arabic Poetry -- Solomon I. Sara s.j., Desinence as a Means of Distinguishing the Three Classes of Words in Sibawaih -- Sabah Zouein, Passion de l`écriture -- Chirine Abou Chaqra, Penser le moderne par le post moderne: des représentations des guerres civiles de 1860 à travers des écrits de Nahdawï -- Robert Benedicty s.j., The Holy Day as a Political Gathering in Lebanese Society: Ashura 2004 -- Annabelle Böttcher, The Shia in Germany -- John L. Esposito, Pluralism in Muslim-Christian Relations -- Wolfgang Köhler, "Not Conquerors but Liberators " - Imperialistic Powers in Iraq from World War I to the Present -- Saoud El Mawla, The Question of Democracy in Contemporary Islamic Thought -- Thomas Michel s.j., Abdul Ghaffar Khan and the Servants of God: Islamic Non-Violence as an Instrument of Social Change -- Patrick Ryan s.j., Across the Desert: The transfer ofKhariji Tendencies from North Africa to West Africa -- Thomas Scheffler, Interreligious Dialogue and the Ambivalence of Peace Building in the Middle East -- Jihane Sfeir, Le désastre et l`exode, Al-Nakba /Al-Hijra Imaginaire collectif et souvenir individuel de l`expulsion de 1948 -- Leslie Tramontini, Religious Freedom in Limbo: The Cases of Dar al-Arqam and "Sky Kingdom " in Malaysia -- John O. Voll, Transnational Islamic movements: historical and contemporary