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This Is Islam: From Muhammad and the community of believers to Islam in the global community (This World of Ours) - Softcover

Book 1 of 5: This World of Ours

Jamal Elias

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9781933782812: This Is Islam: From Muhammad and the community of believers to Islam in the global community (This World of Ours)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1933782811 ISBN 13: 9781933782812
Publisher: Berkshire Publishing Group, 2011

Synopsis

This is Islam offers readers an introduction to one of the world's major religions, its philosophies, and how it affects the world today. Geared to those unfamiliar with the religion and its rituals and customs-and written in clear and simple terms by one of the United States' leading scholars of religion-this volume explains Islamic law, major figures and sects, and the role of mysticism. This is Islam is designed for classroom and course supplement use. The focus is early history, not Islam today, but the book has been designed to help readers understand more recent events, keeping in mind that one of the most remarkable features of Islam is that, with a single significant exception, all lands to which it spread have remained Muslim into modern times.

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About the Author

Jamal J. Elias is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He has written and lectured widely on the Qur'an, Sufism, and religion and material culture acrossthe Islamic world. He is the author of numerous books on Islam and Islamic society, including Key Themes for the Study of Islam (Oneworld, 2010), On Wings of Diesel: Trucks, Identity and Culture in Pakistan (Oneworld, 2010), Islam (Prentice Hall and Routledge, 1999), Death Before Dying: Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu (University of California Press, 1998), and The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of `Ala' ad-dawla as-Simnani (SUNY Press, 1995).

Review

It is vital for our schools to teach what the religion of Islam is like and how it agrees and differs from Judaism, Christianity and other world religions. This Is Islam serves that purpose with calm, cool, brief and authoritative explanations of the Islamic religion and of Muslim societies with all their variations. -William McNeill, professor emeritus of history, University of Chicago; author of The Rise of the West (National Book Award) and The Human Web

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Publisher
Berkshire Publishing Group
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1933782811
ISBN 13 
9781933782812
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
152
Rating
  • 3.47 out of 5 stars
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