01758cam a22002894a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000380009004000180012805000220014608200120016824500870018026000600026730000510032750400640037850500140044250505370045652000130099352003330100665000360133965000220137565000250139770000220142270000240144416500654AUA.120151130124007.0101014s2011    miuab    b    001 0 eng    a  2010044115  a9780802866004 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aBP 165b.I74 201100a29722200aIslam :ba short guide to the faith /cedited by Roger Allen & Shawkat M. Toorawa.  aGrand Rapids, Mich. :bWilliam B. Eerdmans Pub.,c2011.  axviii, 177 p. :bcol. ill., col. map ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 150-166) and index.  aContents:  a	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.  aSummary:  a	
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. 0aIslamxEssence, genius, nature. 0aIslamxDoctrines. 0aIslamy21st century.1 aAllen, Roger M.A.1 aToorawa, Shawkat M.