The Handy Religion Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)
John Renardreceived a Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, with a specialization in religious literature in Arabic and Persian and religious art, from Harvard University in 1978. He's currently a professor of comparative theology and the history of religion at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. His publications includeAll the King's Falcons: Rumi on Prophets and Revelation, Seven doors to Islam, Windows on the House of Islam, and Islamandthe Heroic Image, as well as volumes on Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in Paulist Press's101 Questionsseries.