Understanding Islam: A New Translation with Selected Letters (Writings of Frithjof Schuon)

Schuon, Frithjof; Laude, Patrick [Editor]; Schimmel, Annemarie [Foreword];

ISBN 10: 1935493906 / ISBN 13: 9781935493907

Published by World Wisdom, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Islam: A New Translation with Selected Letters (Writings of Frithjof Schuon)
• Publisher: World Wisdom
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935493906
• ISBN 13: 9781935493907
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

With over one billion believers throughout the globe, Islam remains one of the most misunderstood of the world's great Revelations. In this fully revised and amended translation of his masterpiece, philosopher Frithjof Schuon offers readers a deeper understanding of Islam, the world's second largest religion. Featuring an extensive appendix of previously unpublished materials and detailed editor's notes to aid readers, this book is a must for any collection.

About the Author

Frithjof Schuon is best known as the foremost spokesman of the Perennial Philosophy and as a philosopher in the metaphysical current of Shankara and Plato. Schuon was born in 1907 in Basle, Switzerland, of German parents and died in the United States in 1998. Patrick Laude is a professor at Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He lives in Qatar.