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Full Description
The Handy Islam Answer Book is clearly and eloquently written by John Renard, Ph.D., a scholar of Islam with more than 40 years of research and teaching experience. He provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders and organisation of the world's second largest religion. Renard explains the significance of the Five Pillars, Muhammad, various sects, the Qur'an, Islamic law and much more.
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Historical Perspectives
1. Origins and early expansion
2. Islam's Growth into a Global Community
3. Politics and Contemporary Global Affairs
Part Two: Religious Perspectives
4. Sacred Sources and their Interpretation
5. Essential Beliefs
6. Symbols, Rituals, and Religious Observances
7. Themes in Islamic Spirituality
8. Authority, Law and Ethics
9. Islam and Other Faiths
Part Three: Cultural Perspectives Learning and Communicating Islamic Values
10. Culture and Religion
11. Knowledge, Scholarship, and the Islamic Humanities
12. Aesthetics, Literature, the Visual and Spatial Arts
Suggestions for Further Reading
Global Timeline
Glossary
Index



