TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Roger M.A.
AU  - Toorawa,Shawkat M.
TI  - Islam: a short guide to the faith 
SN  - 9780802866004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BP 165 .I74 2011
U1  - 297 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - William B. Eerdmans Pub.
KW  - Islam
KW  - Essence, genius, nature
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - 21st century
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -