An Introduction to Islam - Couverture souple

Denny, Frederick M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0023285192 ISBN 13 : 9780023285196

Editeur : Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

Provides students with a topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. This book places Islam within a cultural, political, social, and religious context and examines its connections with Judeo-Christian morals. It also reviews pre-Islamic history so students can see how Islam developed historically.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Frederick Denny, Professor Emeritus (Ph.D., University of Chicago), is the editor of the University of South Carolina Press scholarly book series "Studies in Comparative Religion", which currently has ca. 35 titles published. He is the author of An Introduction to Islam (4th edition Prentice-Hall, 2010) and numerous articles on Islamic and Religious Studies topics. He co-authored (with John Corrigan, Carlos Eire, and Martin Jaffee) Jews, Christians, Muslims: A Comparative Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (Prentice-Hall: 1998). His long-term areas of interest have been Qur'anic recitation, comparative ritual, and Muslims and their communities in Egypt, Pakistan, Southeast Asia and North America. His recent and current research and writing have been principally on Islam and human rights, religion and ecology, religion-focused cartography, and Unitarian Universalist history and thought.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The author's extensive field work, experience, and scholarship combined with his engaging writing style and passion for the subject sets this text apart. An Introduction to Islam, Third Edition, provides students with a thorough and unified topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. It places Islam within a cultural, political, social, and religious context and examines its connections with Judeo-Christian morals. The text's integration of the doctrinal and devotional elements of Islam enables students to see how Muslims think and live–engendering understanding and breaking down stereotypes. An Introduction to Islam, ThirdEdition also reviews pre-Islamic history so students can see how Islam developed historically.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0023285192
• ISBN 13: 9780023285196
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible