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Islam : a short guide to the faith / edited by Roger Allen & Shawkat M. Toorawa.

Title
Islam : a short guide to the faith / edited by Roger Allen & Shawkat M. Toorawa.
Publication
Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2011.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Allen, Roger, 1942-
  • Smith, Jane I.
  • Toorawa, Shawkat M.
Description
xviii, 177 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col. map; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Islam > 21st century
  • Islam > Doctrines
  • Islam > Essence, genius, nature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-166) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9780802866004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 080286600X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010044115