In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power

In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power is a book written by American historian and journalist Daniel Pipes on "Islamic fundamentalism", or militant Islam. It was published in 1983.

The book examines the role of Islam in politics and provides a perspective of its evolution against a background of 3 competing social movements secularization , communist socialism, and modernity.^[1]

Pipes sought in the book to present a survey of the relationship between Islam and political power over the history of the Islamist ideology in a way that would help explain the modern crisis and conflict between Militant Islam and the West.^[2]

Critical reception

See also

• Preface to the book by Daniel Pipes

References

1. ^ In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power by Daniel Pipes Reviewed by Misagh Parsa Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Jul., 1985), pp. 504-506 doi:10.2307/2069217
2. ^ In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power Daniel Pipes , 2002 Edition "My goal was to present an overview of the connection between Islam and political power through fourteen centuries and to do so in a way that would help explain the origins of that crisis."