Islam what Non-Muslims should know
As various events have focused attention on Islam, the often-misunderstood faith of one billion people, westerners have shown a new curiosity about it and other religions. This is perhaps in part because religion is such an important factor in geopolitics. Islam needs to be understood on its own ter...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Minneapolis
Fortress Press
2016
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| Ausgabe: | Revised & expanded edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | As various events have focused attention on Islam, the often-misunderstood faith of one billion people, westerners have shown a new curiosity about it and other religions. This is perhaps in part because religion is such an important factor in geopolitics. Islam needs to be understood on its own terms, apart from extreme expressions, John Kaltner argues. This edition offers information about Islam in an accessible presentation and presents Islam as first and foremost a religion of practices. Showing the deep humanism of Islam and its commitments, Kaltner presents Islam through assertions that counter frequent misconceptions of the faith |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) |
| Beschreibung: | xi , 151 Seiten 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781506416663 978-1-5064-1666-3 1506416667 1-5064-1666-7 |