Reflections
By: Gai Eaton
Publisher: Islamic Texts Society
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781903682821
Subjects: Islam; Radio programs; Television programs; Émissions radiophoniques; Émissions télévisées
Description: This book features 86 talks given by the late Gai Eaton between 1978 and 1996. These talks were originally broadcast on a series on BBC Radio about Islam and its role in contemporary society.
Notes: Radio tie-in.
Table of contents: title: Reflections: Sufism; title: Five pillars of Islam; title: Fear, love, and knowledge; title: Seeing and being seen; title: Beauty; title: Living by the book; title: Of one accord; title: Faith and action; title: Contemplation and action; title: Man as viceroy; title: Detachment; title: Capacity to see near and far; title: Inner and outer peace; title: Islam: Sunni/Shi ah divide; title: Who is the infidel?; title: Labels of religion; title: Relationship of reciprocity; title: Night journey; title: Islamic way of life: The Shari ah; title: Islamic Shari ah today; title: Need to pause.