TY - BOOK AU - Peters,F.E. TI - Islam: a guide for Jews and Christians SN - 9781400825486 (electronic bk.) AV - BP172 .P455 2003eb U1 - 261.27 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Princeton, N.J., Woodstock PB - Princeton University Press KW - Islam KW - Relations KW - Christianity KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Judaism KW - Origin KW - Essence, genius, nature KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based on print version record; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=329806 ER -