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Islam [electronic resource] : a guide for Jews and Christians / F.E. Peters.

By: Publication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 285 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781400825486 (electronic bk.)
  • 1400825482 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islam.DDC classification:
  • 261.27 22
LOC classification:
  • BP172 .P455 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Discovering scripture in scripture -- The past remembered -- "And Muhammad is his messenger" -- The prince of Medina -- The Muslim scripture : the Quran -- The umma, Allah's commonwealth -- God's way : a life and a law for Muslims -- Defining and defending the community of believers -- The worshipful acts -- This world and the next.
The author seeks to provide readers whose cultural & religious formation has been Jewish or Christian with a way of approaching the body of belief & practice called Islam. The methodology is to approach from the perspective of a student of Islam. The book is not intended as a critical work.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discovering scripture in scripture -- The past remembered -- "And Muhammad is his messenger" -- The prince of Medina -- The Muslim scripture : the Quran -- The umma, Allah's commonwealth -- God's way : a life and a law for Muslims -- Defining and defending the community of believers -- The worshipful acts -- This world and the next.

The author seeks to provide readers whose cultural & religious formation has been Jewish or Christian with a way of approaching the body of belief & practice called Islam. The methodology is to approach from the perspective of a student of Islam. The book is not intended as a critical work.

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