Islam and the destiny of man
By: Gai Eaton
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9789839154221
Subjects: Islam; Apologetic works; Doctrines
Description: Islam & the Destiny of Man is a wide-ranging study of the religion of Islam from a unique point of view. The author was brought up as an agnostic and embraced Islam at an early age after writing a book (commissioned by T. S. Eliot) on Eastern religions and their influence on Western thinkers. The aim of this book is to explain what it means to be a Muslim, a member of a community which embraces a quarter of the world's population and to describe the forces which have shaped their hearts and minds. Throughout the book the author is concerned not simply with Islam in isolation, but with the very nature of religious faith, its spiritual and intellectual foundations and the light it casts upon the mysteries and paradoxes of the human condition.
Notes: Originally published: Islamic Book Trust, 1985. Copyright 1994, Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge. Reprinted with permission, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One. An Approach to the Faith. 1. Islam and Europe; 2. Continuity and Contrast; 3. Truth and Mercy; title: Part Two. The Making of the Faith. 4. The World of the Book; 5. The Messenger of God; 6. The City of the Prophet; 7. The Successors; 8. The Way of the World; title: Part Three. The Fruits of the Faith. 9. The Rule of Law; 10. The Human Paradox; 11. Art, Environment and Mysticism; 12. Other Dimensions.