The handy Islam answer book
By: John Renard, Ph.D.
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9781578595105
Subjects: Islam
Description: "Provides detailed descriptions of the history, beliefs, symbols, rituals, observations, customs, leaders, and organization of the world's second largest religion, [explaining] the significance of the Five Pillars, Muhammad, various sects, the Qur'an, Islamic law, and much more"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-392) and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of Islam; title: Islam's growth into a global community; title: Politics and contemporary global affairs; title: Sacred sources and their interpretation; title: Essential beliefs; title: Symbols, rituals, and religious observances; title: Themes in Islamic spirituality; title: Authority, law, and ethics; title: Islam and other faiths; title: Culture and religion; title: Knowledge, scholarship, and the Islamic humanities; title: Aesthetics, literature, the visual and spatial Arts.