Islam : a short guide to the faith / edited by Roger Allen & Shawkat M. Toorawa.
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TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011.Description: xviii, 177 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780802866004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- BP 165 .I74 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-166) and index.
Contents:
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.
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.