A New Introduction to Islam, Paperback

Covering the origins, key features, and legacy of the Islamic tradition, the third edition of A New Introduction to Islam includes new material on ...

Reducere. DescriptionIs Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In this now-clas...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mohammad IqbalIntroduction by: Javed MajeedThe Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam (1930) is Muhammad Iqbal's majo...

Reducere. MUD JAR ART: Islamic Aesthetics in Christian Art reveals the fascinating exuberance of a unique cultural and artistic symbiosis that characterises ...

Offers an understanding of the history of Muslims and their faith, from the life of Muhammad to the religion practised by 1.6 billion people around...

Sufism is Islam's main mystical tradition. There are Sufi orders in almost all Muslim countries around the world, but not all Sufis accept the same...

DescriptionAn accessible introduction to the quintessential art form of the Islamic worldHow to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence o...

Reducere. A revealing guide to understanding the principles of IslamWith more than 1.8 billion followers worldwide, Islam is one of the world's largest relig...

Reducere. `` Sure to become] a classic in the field. Highly recommended.`` Library Journal..``. full of surprises and intrigues and written in a beautiful st...

Reducere. "Neither as Christians or Jews, nor simply as intellectually responsible individuals, " says Hixon, "have members of Western civilization been sens...

Reducere. Thirty-five years after its original publication, Mystical Dimensions of Islam still stands as the most valuable introduction to Sufism, the main f...

Reducere. This latest edition of Discovering the Qur'an includes a new preface by the author. Used by students around the world as a reliable guide to readin...

DescriptionIn Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, now expanded with new bonus content, Nabeel Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christ...

The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrate...

Reducere. The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a proper understanding of the Qur'an. In this important new introduction, Muhammad Haleem examines it...

Reducere. A fascinating, accessible introduction to Islam from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of the CNN s Believer FINALIST FOR...

DescriptionIn the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram--Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and his Covenant, Abraham w...

Contributor(s): Author: Jr. Arthur GoldschmidtAuthor: Ibrahim Al-MarashiA Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction ...

Reducere. Iran thundered onto the world stage in 1979 with an Islamic revolution that shook the world. Today that revolution has gone astray, a popular democ...

Reducere. In 1582 C.E, when Mughal Emperor Akbar declared his new religion - Din-i ilahi or the 'Religion of God', combining elements of Islam and Hinduism a...

Reducere. Since its first publication twenty years ago, Eurocentrism has become a classic of radical thought. Written by one of the world's foremost politica...

Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin an...

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-cent...

This popular introduction by a well-known Islamic scholar has been updated and expanded, offering a balanced portrayal of the Qur'an and its place ...

Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia"? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in ...

Contributor(s): Author: Henry CorbinTranslator: Ralph Manheim"Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition.... Corbin, like S...

Reducere. For the first time in English comes a remarkable literary discovery. In 1928, Turkish author Ali Rıza Seyfioğlu pirated Bram Stoker's Dracula, comp...

Reducere. Full-color book includes chapters on Christianity, Cults & Religions; Christianity, Cults & the Occult; Christianity & Eastern Religions; Islam & C...

Reducere. From the Introduction: "The goal with this anthology is to represent that full range of contemporary expressions of Islam, as well as a full range ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is a second, revised edition of Kupperman's introduction to Asian philosophy via its canonical texts. Kupperman ranges from the Upa...

DescriptionOrganized in chronological order of the founding of each movement, this documentary reader brings to life new religious movements from t...

Reducere. This leading textbook for world religion is designed to help students in their study and research of the world's religious traditions. Known and va...

This book is an introductory book to the Noble Quran. The book is especially useful for correctional facilities, interfaith ministries and mosques....

DescriptionThis is the first English translation of the last chapter of the Revival of the Religious Sciences. After expounding his Sufi philosophy...

Reducere. Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opu...

DescriptionLiterary Criticism from Plato to the Present provides a concise and authoritative overview of the development of Western literary critic...

Reducere. For more than forty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. Using his widely influenti...

Reducere. The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on ...

With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistry, nano- and smart materials, and applications ...

Reducere. "AN ENGAGING INTRODUCTION TO A FASCINATING TOPIC . . . GRAZIOSI NARRATES THE MANY METAMORPHOSES OF THE GREEK GODS WITH HUMOR AND ERUDITION."--The C...

This bestselling dictionary is written by one of the leading philosophers of our time, and it is widely recognized as the best dictionary of its ki...

Reducere. The Self-Disclosure of God offers the most detailed presentation to date in any Western language of the basic teachings of Islam's greatest mystica...