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Islam : a short guide to the faith / edited by Roger Allen & Shawkat M. Toorawa.

Allen, Roger, 1942-; Toorawa, Shawkat M.
2011
297 I82s 2011
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Title
Islam : a short guide to the faith / edited by Roger Allen & Shawkat M. Toorawa.
ISBN
9780802866004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080286600X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 177 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.
Call Number
297 I82s 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)670324903
(OCoLC)670324903
Summary
In Islam: A Short Guide to the Faith, editors Roger Allen and Shawkat M. Toorawa have assembled fifteen chapters by fifteen noted scholars, each of which provides a lucid description and exploration of an aspect of Islam, its institutions, doctrines, and interactions, notably with Christianity, Judaism, and the modern world.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-166) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Islam / Shawkat M. Toorawa
Qur'an / Roger Allen
Muhammad / Tahera Qutbuddin
Hadith and Sunna / Scott C. Lucas
Shariʻa / Aron Zysow
Islamic philosophy / Jon McGinnis
Sufism / Ahmet T. Karamustafa
Shiʻites, Shiʻism / Abdulaziz Sachedina
Sunnis, Sunnism / Scott C. Lucas
Mosque / Ruba Kana'an
Islamic government / Joseph E. Lowry
Women and Islam / Homayra Ziad
Islam and Judaism / Mark S. Wagner
Islam and Christianity / Paul Löffler and Mark N. Swanson
Islam in America / Jane I. Smith.
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Allen, Roger, 1942-
Toorawa, Shawkat M.
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