An Introduction to Islam, 2nd Edition

Denny, Frederick M.

ISBN 10: 0023285192 / ISBN 13: 9780023285196

Edité par Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993

N° de réf. du vendeur 0023285192-3-35138763

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.

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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : An Introduction to Islam, 2nd Edition
Éditeur : Macmillan Publishing Company
Date d'édition : 1993
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Good
Edition : 2ème Édition