Diane Morgan

Essential Islam (eBook, ePUB)

A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An introductory guide to the important elements of the world's largest religion, including the Quran, the Pillars of Faith, and the life of Muhammad, as well as Islamic history, customs and rituals, and contributions to world culture.

Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice is the ideal beginner's resource on the core elements of a faith that, like Christianity and Judaism, offers a guide to holy living and a path to salvation-one that like other world faiths has inspired peace and war, tolerance and brutality, enlightenment and abysmal ignorance.

Essential Islam offers an insightful, objective look at Islam from its inception to the present day, including a discussion of Islamic beliefs about God, history, warfare, marriage, the afterlife, and the relationship between Islam and other faiths. It is a rich source for dispelling misconceptions-for example, only 10 percent of Muslims are Arabic, and only a quarter of those reside in the Middle East-and for understanding tensions between groups within and outside Islam. More importantly, it gives readers a portrait of Islam not as a religion of extremists, but as a dynamic living faith practiced by people of all kinds in virtually every corner of the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216080923
• Artikelnr.: 70037490

Autorenporträt

Diane Morgan is Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Wilson College. Author of more than 30 books, she is a three-time winner of the Maxwell Award for excellence in writing on pet care. She is the author of Fire and Blood: Rubies in Myth, Magic, and History (Praeger, 2007), From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail: Emeralds in Myth, Magic, and History (Praeger, 2007), and The Buddhist Experience in America (Greenwood, 2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Language and Orthography Author's Note Introduction and Background
Chapter 1 What Muslims Believe: Essential Articles of Faith Chapter 2
Essential Elements of Islamic Practice Chapter 3 Muhammad Chapter 4 Islamic
Law and Cultural Practices Chapter 5 The Many Faces of Islam Glossary
Selected Bibliography Index