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Introducing the Qur'an: For Today's Reader - Couverture souple

Kaltner, John

 
9780800696665: Introducing the Qur'an: For Today's Reader
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0800696662 ISBN 13 : 9780800696665
Editeur : Fortress Press,U.S., 2011

Synopsis

Award-winning professor John Kaltner's new work offers a general introduction and orientation to the Qur'an. It surveys the origin, structure, contents, study, and use of Islam's sacred text. Offering selective rather than comprehensive coverage, the work allows for discussion and analysis of specific themes and issues of interest to modern readers.Following an introduction that describes and situates how the Qur'an is both studied and experienced, Kaltner's book takes up the following themes by chapter to foster a contemporary understanding and appreciation of the Qur'an: the natural environment, Muslim life, gender and sexuality, non-Muslims and the Other, jihad, war and peace, and life after death. Significant passages from the Qur'an are identified and analyzed, with a special focus on how modern scholars, both Muslim and non-Muslim, understand them. Kaltner intersperses his book with numerous photographs and textboxes to emphasize and highlight important elements of the Qur'an, its history, and its relevance to contemporary life.Check out the audio glossary on the Student tab to hear the author pronounce the Arabic words!

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À propos de l'auteur

John Kaltner is Professor of Religion at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tenn.

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Éditeur
Fortress Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0800696662
ISBN 13 
9780800696665
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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